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...airplane : ight from North America over the top of the globe to the European area; and the trip under the edge of the Arctic icecap in 1931 was cool enough to chill spines in 1958. A converted U.S. Navy sub, Wilkins' Nautilus had portholes, searchlights, a tusklike bowsprit "feeler," and sled runners above the deck for sliding along the bellies of ice fields. Above the conning tower was a device for cutting through the ice, so that Sir Hubert could open the hatch at the Pole and pop out on top of the world. Leaky, her propellers serrated...
...years ago Oskaloosa, hungry for an industry payroll to offset the setbacks to farming, almost landed an American Chain & Cable Co. plant, but at the last minute lost out. Putting its finger on the reason, the Iowa Development Commission said: "Poor community attitude." Last week a commission pulse-feeler passed through, asked a workman in overalls what he now thought of Oskaloosa. "Best damned town in Iowa," the workman roared...
Officially, the U.S., which does not recognize the right of diplomatic missions to offer international sanctuary in the manner practiced so widely in Latin America,* has been fearful that the Communists might try to seize the cardinal by force. Last week's feeler was welcomed in Washington as tacit recognition by the Kadar government that U.S. protection has been effectively extended to the cardinal. Unless he gets official instructions from the Vatican to ask for a safe-conduct-which seems unlikely-Cardinal Mindszenty will probably stay on in his present haven indefinitely...
...Francisco Conference approached and the war in Europe waned, Truman began to be more concerned with international affairs. The Nazi armies were disintegrating, and Winston Churchill telephoned from Britain to discuss a peace feeler that had reached him from Heinrich Himmler. On his way to San Francisco, Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov called at the White House and got an unexpected dressing down from Harry Truman. Russia was not living up to its Yalta agreement on the composition of the Polish government, and Truman had some testy comments to make about the necessity for keeping obligations. " 'I have never...
...administration's affirmation of the year-old anti-television policy probably means that all past and future offers will be rejected. It is believed that the most recent NCAA unofficial "bid" was a feeler move, designed to test Harvard's administration in the hope of ending the University's resistance to the national program. Continuation of the anti-television policy could be interpreted as an indication of Harvard's dissatisfaction with the NCAA, its desire to determine policy independently of a large body, and its belief that the Association television rulings may be against anti-trust laws...