Word: gaed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...earlier plan was proposed by Representative Carl Vinson (D-Ga.) off January 5. Vinson, head of the Armed Services Committee, called for men 17 to 19 years old to volunteer for a six-month training period, followed by another 18 months in the active reserve...
...public got a good look last week at Britain's spectacular new interceptor, the Gloster GA-5. Photographed for the first time in the air, the bizarre, dartlike R.A.F. plane marks a milestone in aviation: the coming-of-age of the "delta" wing...
...necessary controls except the rudder, they say, can be built into its trailing edge. And a fast-acting electronic auto-pilot can be added to stop the bucking and pitching that have been known to flip a tailless plane into the beginning of a fatal somersault. But the GA-5, as an added measure of safety, carries a small delta tail high on its rakish...
...Workers. On the highway southeast of Augusta, Ga., houses are being towed by truck out of the 315 square miles of rundown farmland that must be depopulated. Near the perimeter of the project, 22 miles across, are woods full of trailers. Already there are more than 21,000 workers on the project, and the labor force is expected to peak...
Chairman Carl Vinson (D.-Ga.) announced that the Committee will hear amplifications of the report in closed sessions for the remainder of this week and will open the public hearings on January 15. This U.M.T. plan, originally drafted by a special civilian commission, will remain in committee until late February...