Word: forte
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After finding that he was normal in blood pressure, temperature and locomotion, the recruiter swore him in and sent him to Fort Dix, N.J. He had an Army intelligence rating of 28-three points above the lowest level permissible in the service. He also had a tendency to go AWOL. But Pvt. Edgar Owens was considered a "satisfactory" soldier, and he was patiently instructed in the use of weapons...
...Brooklyn, and thought he seemed "happy and gay." But that evening on the way to a dance, Edgar ran his stolen car through a red light, and led the cops a wild chase which did not end until they started shooting at him. He was arrested, returned to Fort Dix, and taxed with the murder of the officer. He promptly confessed. But when he was asked about his motive, he was less helpful. Edgar was apparently trying to cooperate, but he just didn't seem to know why he had killed Lieut. Davenport...
TIME'S FEB. 9 STORY ON DALLAS' $12.5 MILLION-AIRPORT BOND ISSUE IS INTERESTING BUT INACCURATE, AND UNFAIR TO BOTH FORT WORTH AND DALLAS. DALLAS ADOPTED AIRPORT MASTER PLAN IN 1946 AND LOVE FIELD IMPROVEMENTS ARE PART OF THAT PLAN. IT IS BASED ON COLD, SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS OF AIRPORT NEEDS OF DALLAS AREA, AND OF THE ADVANTAGES OF A CONVENIENTLY LOCATED CLOSE-IX AIRPORT . . . THIS ANALYSIS WAS CONFIRMED IN 1952 BY A STRICTLY OBJECTIVE SURVEY [WHICH] SHOWS BOTH EXPANDED LOVE FIELD AND FORT WORTH'S NEW AIRPORT WILL HAVE ALL THE TRAFFIC EITHER CAN HANDLE...
AMERICAN AIRLINES IS MOVING ITS DIVISIONAL OPERATING BASE FROM FORT WORTH'S OLD MEACHAM FIELD TO THE NEW FORT WORTH AIRPORT. IT IS ALSO EXPECTED TO RESTORE TO FORT WORTH SOME FLIGHTS FORMERLY SCHEDULED THERE BUT DISCONTINUED BECAUSE MEACHAM WAS INADEQUATE FOR DC-6 OPERATIONS. IT HAS NOT ANNOUNCED REMOVAL OF ANY LOVE FIELD OPERATIONS. DALLAS HAS NO QUARREL WITH FORT WORTH...
Snow Camera. The Army's Research and Development Laboratories at Fort Belvoir, Va. got orders to design a special camera to take pictures of snowflakes. Army brass demanded that it be impervious to weather and so simple that a six-year-old child could work it with mittens on. The first model, completed in 40 days, is probably the most specialized camera ever built. It is prefocused, contains its own light source and magnifies three imes. When the operator inserts a snow sample on a sliding shelf and presses a button, he has his picture. The Army will...