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Dates: during 1950-1959
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TRAILER SALES hit record $600 million last year, a 20% gain over...
...private aviation fleet has soared to 66,000 planes, more flying machines than the combined air forces of both the U.S. and Soviet Russia. Last year alone, 18 light-plane makers added another 6,000 craft to the fleet, and grossed a record $125 million for an 800% gain since 1951. Gas, oil, maintenance and other costs for 209,000 private pilots who fly for fun or profit added $800 million more to the business. Yet the boom is just beginning. The forecast for 1975 is a fleet of 105,000 planes logging 25.8 million hours annually...
...activity, the U.S. light-plane industry thinks it has hardly started to climb. Surveys show that there are at least 150,000 potential customers who could gain by flying their own planes. The Civil Aeronautics Administration is already beginning to worry over how they will all fit into the crowded air. So far, the businessman's safety record is good, with only i.i fatal accidents per 100,000 aircraft hours v. a rate of .73 per 100,000 for scheduled airlines. Yet, as more and more planes go aloft in all weather, it may get to the point where...
...complained of Gunawardena's public attacks on them, Premier Banda said: "It is true that Philip Gunawardena has Communist views, but the presence of Philip in our government is a protection against our country being stampeded into Communism." But Gunawardena, bent on using the land-reform program to gain for himself the national following he has so far failed to win, openly trumpets to his pajama-clad dockers: "Within 20 years the whole world will come under Communism's banner. As surely as there is a sun and moon, our island will become a Communist country...
...money's worth. Tourist trimming stops at the gate. Whatever the weather, there is the bright sight of the silks rounding the turn and the convert-making thunder of thoroughbreds in a charge for the finish. There is also the base and altogether beautiful possibility of swift financial gain. A few hours spent studying past performances, a few dollars wagered wisely are said by some amateur gerontologists to be as healthful as fresh air and sunshine...