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...same way, Gold reasoned, the "megaphysical" world (larger than galaxies) seems to have laws of its own. One of them is the mysterious force that causes the universe to expand, the galaxies fleeing from one another instead of being drawn together by gravitation. There may be many outlandish laws...
...shortages. The cooperatives would abandon plans for 292 miles of lines, use the $3,000,000 saved to increase capacity of the new plant at Ford. With peace in sight, the Government released the remaining $13,299,000 of its loan to the cooperatives so that they could further expand the Ford plant and complete their transmission system...
...WOOLWORTH CO. will soon branch out into Mexico. Woolworth has bought Mexico City sites for three dime stores (to cost $1,200,000), will open the first in 1955, may eventually expand to 20 stores in Mexico...
...Nyrop was in for a rough flight. Northwest's most pressing problem is its need for new planes. It will have to borrow $10 million to pay for four new Super Constellations to be delivered early next year, probably will have to spend additional millions to expand its air fleet. Other worries stemmed from 1) the Government's cut in Northwest's domestic-mail pay from 53? a ton-mile to 45? this year, and 2) Pan American's application to fly the great-circle route from the U.S. north to the Orient, hitherto exclusively flown...
...firms on generators and transformers for Government power projects. The mining industry is also alarmed about foreign competition. A Senate committee reported that 85% of the U.S. stockpile of strategic and critical materials has come from abroad. In less than three years, the U.S. has spent $594 million to expand foreign mineral resources, only $530 million for expansion in the U.S. In the U.S. lead and zinc mining industry, employment has dropped sharply, while small, marginal producers have been forced to shut down...