Word: flew
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...daubed coal tar on his head and face. Then they packed 4-ft. Kim into a 3-ft. crate used to carry plane parts, put holes in it to give him air and loaded their cargo aboard a helicopter. The camp commander, Major Thomas G. James of Plymouth, Pa., flew the copter himself. James planned to leave the boy at a disused field and make him walk back to Ascom City. But he found he could not get the box open, and flew on to Uijongbu, twelve miles north of Seoul. 'T have a box of spare parts...
...group of Western miners flew into Washington last week with a hurry-up call for the Government to start stockpiling uranium concentrate. The miners told the Congressional Joint Committee on Atomic Energy that they have been unable to sell enough of their ore since the AEC decided to stop expansion of U.S. uranium mills (TIME, Nov. 11) and that prospecting has virtually stopped...
...best M'bida could manage was a kind of double knockout. Gérard Jaquet, Minister for France Overseas, transferred Ramadier to another post, but gave M'bida no help at all. The Premier dejectedly flew back to the Cameroons' capital of Yaounde, where, realizing that he faced certain defeat in Parliament, he resigned. As successor, the French chose Amadou Ahidjo, 33, who had served as Vice Premier and Interior Minister in M'bida's government. Ahidjo announced his policy: independence (but without a timetable), union of the British and French Cameroons, cooperation with France...
...long enough to fire off a telegram implicating his brother. But once in the air, the conspirators were professional enough. As the Korean National Airlines plane neared Seoul, they held U.S. civilian pilot, Willis Hobbs, at pistol point. Instead of touching down at Seoul, the twin-engined DC-3 flew by the airport, headed north toward the demilitarized zone, 25 miles away, and crossed over into North Korea. Said an Eighth Army spokesman later: "There was no reason to intercept a known friendly aircraft, and by the time it was nearing the demilitarized zone line it was too late...
When Pat's father learned what had happened to his son, he flew into a rage. Next day County School Superintendent J. W. Threatte called Teacher Baskin in, ordered her to explain to Mr. Taylor exactly what had happened. At first Minnie Lee Baskin did not feel that the matter was particularly urgent, decided to postpone her visit until after the Christmas holidays. When school reopened, the superintendent called her in again. The whole school board, he said, was up in arms. She had better see Taylor fast...