Word: delayed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...opposition to this general policy, Jones said, the Air Force intends to tighten delay allowances in certain technical fields which graduates can study equally well while in the Air Force...
...Defense Department has upset Navy policy by ordering a year's delay in the construction of a second nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (the first is due for launching in 1961). The Navy will still get funds for beginning design and construction of the second carrier's power plant, but there is no guarantee that it will be able to go on with its carrier-a-year-for-ten-years program. One reason for the switch: the Defense Department is coming to the conclusion that Navy money could be better spent for missile-launching atomic submarines...
Chew-Chew. In Fresno, Calif., when the San Joaquin Daylight train arrived 18 minutes late, Southern Pacific officials blamed "unforeseen operating difficulties" for the delay-Engineer William J. Franey had sneezed, blown his upper dentures out the cab window, stopped the train to hunt for them...
Without the prestige of as admirable and impartial a chairman as Justice Reed the commission could lose much of its potency. The delay in choosing Reed's successor has also harmed chances of the group's eventual success, for it has only a two-year life-span. The other members of the commission are all responsible men, but they were chosen largely by Reed and may not work as well under a different chief...
...Administration does not provide a replacement for Reed soon, these men may not even get the opportunity to try to work under someone else. Nearly one-sixth of the commission's existence has already passed without a meeting, and any further delay will only provide time for more second thoughts such as Justice Reed...