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...above it (TIME, June 9). The city is now lower than its immediate environs-though, as inhabitants jokingly point out, it is still more than 7,300 ft. above sea level-and the archaic drainage system is out of kilter. As a result, rainwater lingers on. The periodic rain gluts have grown worse in recent years. Last week's glut, following four days and four nights of heavy rain, was the worst...
...Uses. By last week aluminum had grown so plentiful that NPA began taking off some of the restrictions on its use in building, e.g., starting July 1, each builder will be allowed 250 Ibs. per quarter. Far from presaging a glut, this prospect encouraged aluminum boosters like Dick Reynolds to predict that aluminum was just beginning to tap its future markets. "For the first time," said Reynolds, "there will be enough aluminum for major potential users to consider its use on a large scale." Alcoa's President Irving White Wilson is even more optimistic. Says Wilson: "Can we sell...
...Britain in exchange for New Zealand meat that she can resell to the U.S. (New Zealand cattle are free of the foot-and-mouth taint.) Canada stands to lose up to $10 million this year on the barter, but it is the only immediate way to clear up the glut of meat on the Canadian market. Domestic meat prices have already sagged, giving consumers a temporary break but signaling trouble ahead for the country's farm economy. Hamburger has dropped in some places from 69? to 49? a lb., ham from 59? to 39?, roast of beef from...
...world's greatest technological civilization, is running short of engineers. For years it looked as if there would be a glut, not a shortage. Engineering students used to spend their last spring in college like any other seniors: looking for jobs. But today industry competes for their services with the fierce cunning of Hollywood star-snatchers; they are wooed by eager personnel men, treated to lavish dinners, whisked off on inspection trips to factories. Most engineering graduates have at least half a dozen offers, with an average starting salary of $350 a month...
Last week an unobtrusive little booklet quietly joined the glut of magazines on local news-stands. Devoted to "analyzing, discussing, and interpreting American affairs," U.S.A., The Magazine of American Affairs is the National Association of Manufacturers' contribution to the nation's reading habit...