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...Indians who were fighting Cortés have been glorified by many historians; nevertheless, these books make clear that the battle was between the armed faith of Christian Europe and a cruel empire whose ceremonies seemed to the Spanish soldiers a bloody, blasphemous parody of the Mass. Inland, the conquistadors first met the strange Mexican-Indian priesthood, men whose hair was caked with human blood and whose temple floors were clogged with it. The Christians had no hesitation in breaking their idols. Even then they had no notion that in the city of Tenochtitlán as many...
...million mill planned for Houston. But most steelmen had already decided that they have to expand one way or another to meet their growing markets. Republic Steel Corp. will still continue with its $187 million expansion program; so will Pittsburgh Steel Co., National Steel Corp., Armco Steel Corp. and Inland Steel Co., which have expansion plans totaling almost $500 million. U.S. Steel also is expected to keep right on with expansion of the huge Fairless Works in Bucks County, Pa., though it may postpone other expansion plans...
...million expansion program through 20-year loans from General Electric Co. and other big customers. Most other steelmen will probably depend on earnings to finance the new plants, are expected to boost prices to get the extra cash they need. At week's end U.S. Steel, Bethlehem and Inland Steel hiked prices 1% to 4% on specialty items for the second price rise in six months...
...actively opposed only by Wisconsin among the Great Lakers: a temporary (through Jan. 31) increase to 8,500 cu. ft. a second. The effects were magical. Within hours, twelve oil barges started northward from New Orleans, and by week's end, as Army engineers opened the Chicago and inland locks in easy stages, the jam-up at Alton lock was well on its way to being eased...
Doubly magical was the effect on Chicago's Sanitary District, which for years has been pressing for greater water diversion to aid Chicago sewage disposal as well as inland navigation. Twice since 1953 it has seen Congress pass and President Eisenhower veto bills authorizing experimental increases to 2,500 cu. ft. a second for three years, during which time the Army engineers would be supposed to study the effects on the lakes. Now, by virtue of the decree, it had won-even though for a limited period-not only more water for itself but a chance to check...