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...York friend, Mrs. Hemingway described Hemingway's all-out conversion to the air age: "Poppa is so keen on scouting in the Ndege [Swahili for airplane] at 600 or something shillings a half day [about $84], which includes bumps and rolls and swooping down on the deck and wing-brushing the chulu hills, that we will shortly have no money left except for gin and cabbage...
Overstreet on Deck Sir: Thank you for your report, in your issue of Dec. 21, on the recent experience of my wife and myself in Tucson, Ariz. We do feel that we were able to carry through our work there unsinged by the flames of the "burning deck" and reassuringly warmed by the support of press and public . . . Out of fairness to Congressman Velde and his com mittee, we are trying to keep straight the fact "cleared" that by we his were letter not, to in us. any The legal commit sense, tee, as we understand...
...Kungsholm also looked like a handsome moneymaker because of the ease with which she can switch accommodations depending on her bookings. Although designed for 626 tourist-and 176 first-class passengers for the North Atlantic run, one entire deck can be converted from first to tourist by closing two doors. On cruises (400 passengers), a children's playroom becomes a snack bar; two cargo hatches, swimming pools...
...Saver. To cut down losses such as occurred at General Motors Livonia plant fire (TIME, Aug. 24), Cleveland's Lexsuco, Inc. brought out a vinyl plastic roofing material, which will char, but not burn. The plastic replaces layers of felt, stuck together with asphalt, which separate the roof deck from its insulation. It was the melting asphalt that intensified the fire at Livonia when it fell into the flames. Cost is no higher than standard roof construction. First customer: Ford Motor Co., for an addition to its Cleveland engine plant...
...located behind the Radcliffe Health Center, on Brattle and Ash Sts., the new Quadrangle will house approximately 150 graduate students, with additional meeting and dining facilities for 300. The Graduate Center will include sound proof rooms for typing or musical practice, a TV lounge, snack counter, sun deck, laundry rooms, a game room and miscellaneous lounges...