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division in Europe in 1914 and 1938, neither Kaiser Wilhelm nor Hitler would have launched the catastrophes we have known." But the deputies had hit upon a new dodge. Since they had approved German membership in NATO "to satisfy our allies," why couldn't they safely reject German rearmament and admission to WEU? Snapped Mendes: "This is a package deal, and there is no possibility of escaping from it." To the M.R.P. Mendes insisted: "There is no alternative solution, and it is no longer possible to proceed with new meetings. Our allies are not willing." Old Edouard Herriot quavered...
...there is one thing that sentimental Austrians like even better than coffee topped with whipped cream, it is an emperor. Last week, for the first time in years, a real emperor dropped in on Vienna, and the city was plunged into a swivet of what local newspapers called Kaiser-fieber (emperor fever). The real emperor: His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie, King of Kings, Conquering Lion of Judah...
...lunches. In most wards, with 20 or more beds, the quiet and relaxation essential to recovery are impossible, and even private rooms are drab, fitfully heated and ill-ventilated. There are some gleaming exceptions, among them the Clinical Center of the National Institute of Health at Bethesda, Md., the Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Los Angeles, the Jefferson Medical College Hospital's new pavilion in Philadelphia. But no U.S. hospital has been more carefully designed to avoid the old inadequacies than Houston's Anderson...
...construction everywhere gave a measure of changing industrial tides. At Ashtabula, Ohio, Union Carbide broke ground for a $32 million plant to turn out titanium sponge. In New Orleans, a $7,000,000 Shell Oil building was nearly ready; nearby Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical got set for a $25 million expansion. Chicago's face was changing, with scores of new projects ranging from a $50 million medical center to the $46 million Lake Meadows slum-clearance project and a $6,000,000 pretzel plant for Nabisco. Nobody who toured the ribboning express roads around Boston could conclude that New England...
...auto market has risen from 41.7% to 49.9% (and Ford's has gone from 22.8% to 30.8%), Chrysler's share has plummeted from 21.3% to 13.5%. The former independents, which in 1952 accounted for 13.2% of auto sales, have dropped this year to 5.8%. Studebaker and Packard, Kaiser and Willys, and Nash and Hudson have had to team up to stay in business...