Word: itemizes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...item significantly missing from this Alemán program: petroleum development. The U.S. currently refuses to lend money for oil development and exploration abroad. "Our position," explained Ex-Im's Chairman Herbert Gaston crisply, "is that there is adequate money available in private capital for oil development...
...Like That." The bill added one item denounced by the President and the State Department: Nevada Senator Pat McCarran's $62.5 million loan, with no strings attached, to Franco's Spain. The House argued over that one. Supporters saw it as buying the cooperation of Spain in event of war in Europe, and at least as morally justified as a loan to Tito. Not only New York's pinko Vito Marcantonio was disturbed by the loan; Virginia's conservative Howard Smith demanded to know what guarantee anybody had that Franco would help the West in case...
Before the plane can take off, the commander and his flight engineer spend an hour chanting their way down a 600-item check list to be certain every one of their maze of controls is working-and will work in the air. The engineer operates from a console of 120 dials and gadgets, spends nearly half of every hour logging their readings. Just figuring the miles-per-gallon on a 5,000-ft. climb keeps him scribbling for 20 minutes. "A man can just about keep up with his work if the flight is ideal and not a damn thing...
...sure what causes tooth decay. But since acid-producing bacteria are now blamed by most cavity detectives, an antibiotic to check the bacteria looked like a good bet. Last week, with the blessing of the Food & Drug Administration, the Andrew Jergens Co. offered druggists just such a prescription item: Dentocillin, a tooth powder containing penicillin...
...businessmen had expected, rubber last week became the first civilian item to feel the pinch of war. The Commerce Department, acting on a plan suggested by the rubber industry, ordered the use of rubber for civilian products cut to 90,000 tons a month for the rest of the year-about 13% below July's consumption. Since natural rubber (at 51? a Ib.) is almost three times as expensive as synthetic, manufacturers are expected to cut down chiefly on natural, thus leave more for the national stockpile. Rubbermen said that consumers would hardly notice...