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Harry Truman wasted little time picking a successor to James M. Landis, ousted a fortnight ago as chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board. The President's choice was a surprise: he was neither a deserving Democrat nor a pet candidate of the aviation industry. He was young Major General Laurence S. Kuter, 42, able Air Force strategy planner and administrator...
This was as close as Cripps dared come to telling British workers (who last fortnight, through the Trades Union Congress, said that they would not accept wage ceilings) that they must not expect wage increases. "The Chancellor," said the Tory Daily Mail almost with relish, "is pretty good at these unpleasant jobs...
...first good Pacific harbor south of the Panama Canal) and the importance of the area it serves (up-&-coming Medellin, and the coffee lands of the Cauca valley), Buenaventura is also on the way to becoming the best-equipped port on South America's west coast. Last fortnight, a U.S. contractor (Raymond Concrete Pile Co.) finished two new storage warehouses and a 1,057-ft. wharf extension, which increased total berthing space to 3,432 lineal ft. Last week, the Colombian government signed a new, $4 million contract with the same company for 1,000 more feet of wharf...
...Force told its official story after Aviation Week, a fortnight ago, published an account of the XS-1's successful flight, which the Air Force had hoped to keep secret. The significant security point was that the other nations already had pictures showing the XS-1's straight-wing design; the Air Force had unwarily released them twelve months ago. Much U.S. supersonic research-and presumably that of other nations-had been centered on a swept-back design (i.e., wings slanted backward from the fuselage). The effect of publication was to tell all other nations and potential enemies...
...fortnight ago, in a swivet of anti-Yanqui hysteria, Panama's National Assembly unanimously rejected the U.S.-proposed treaty for 14 defense bases on Panamanian territory. Last week, to Panama's astonishment, the U.S. promptly ordered its armed forces to vacate all bases outside the U.S.-controlled Canal Zone, including the big bomber base at Rio Hata...