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Meanwhile, Great Britain, whose inept handling of Iran's demands for greater oil royalties had made nationalization a popular issue, ordered the 8,000-ton cruiser Gambia to the port of Abadan. Gleefully, Moscow papers reported the news...
...rest of the field, with actual mileage per gallon: Studebaker Commander, 28.001; Studebaker Land Cruiser, 27.644; Willys Jeepster Four, 26.769; Nash Statesman, 26.122; Ford Eight, 25.994; Mercury, 25.945; Ford Six, 25.915; Lincoln, 25.448; Willys Jeepster Six, 24.973; Nash Ambassador, 24.926; Kaiser Deluxe, 24.713; Plymouth Concord, 24.145; Plymouth Cranbrook, 22.990; Hudson Hornet Six, 22.623; Chevrolet Styleline, 22.041; Packard 200, 22.023; Cadillac 60 Special, 21.979; Cadillac 61, 21.719; De Soto Deluxe, 21.622; Cadillac 62, 21.531; Chrysler Imperial, 21.178; Packard 300, 20.941; Chrysler Windsor, 20.886; De Soto Custom, 19.921; Cadillac 75, 19.869; Hudson Commodore Custom Six, 19.950; Chrysler Crown Imperial, 19.208; Lincoln Cosmopolitan...
When Grenada's powerful Mental and Manual Workers' Union called an all-island strike last week to protest against anti-strike measures before the island legislature, island authorities frantically wirelessed for help. H.M.S. Devonshire, light cruiser on a training cruise in nearby waters, landed Royal Marines. As angry plantation workers rioted and fired buildings the marines set to work to get the situation in hand...
...navy is even creakier. Spain's biggest ship, the 10,000-ton cruiser Canarias, is 20 years old; other capital vessels date back to 1923, and none has modern radar. Of the navy's four submarines, three are never sent below the surface for fear they might not come up again. Spain has 1,550 trained pilots, but only 350 outdated military aircraft...
...naval diversion was staged at Inchon, where the U.S. cruiser St. Paul and two destroyers pumped shells ashore. A few South Korean marines steamed boldly into Inchon harbor in an 80-ft. gunboat, tied up at a dock, skirmished ashore for four hours, killed 40 Chinese and sailed away with two prisoners. This week, the battleship Missouri and other vessels, including carriers, heavily bombarded the town of Kansong on the east coast...