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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...stir up some of foreign aid's purest theorists is the report's conclusion that "a higher priority should be given to those countries which have joined in the collective-security system"-meaning that such neutralist nations as India and Yugoslavia would be far down on the list. The Fairless argument: Other countries have a right "to take whatever course they believe to be in their own national interest. Our Government is obligated to do likewise, and we should marshal our resources to that...
...Diego meeting realized that missiles will soon replace aircraft as prime consumers of taxpayers' funds. For forward-looking space-flight workers that is already history. Next step beyond missiles is true space navigation, and no manufacturer who wants to stay on the Government's contract list can afford to neglect it. So practically every outfit even remotely connected with aircraft or missiles was represented at San Diego, and trying hard to look as space-minded as possible...
...Japanese scientists tested a long list of objects, from spinach to deer horns, for strontium 90, and found a wide variation. Tea plants, for instance, contained 30 "units"* while spinach had only 3.8. Rice, all important in Japan, was comparatively high (10.4 units), but shellfish from Tokyo Bay had only .04 units. Highest count was from tuna caught in Bikini waters in 1956: 53.5 units. The scientists also examined the ashes of 20 persons, taken from burial urns, and found that their strontium 90 count varied from .06 units for an elderly man who lived in Niigata, to 4.1 units...
...threatening the whole delicate balance of power is drafted by a British police officer. Because of Milty's intervention there follow intrigue, blackmail and suicide. Careers are wrecked. Things will never be the same again at the club. But Mr. Wong will appear in the next Honors List, and Milty, though "bowler-hatted" out of his country's service, will carry on as a shady auto salesman in Beirut...
Mike Schoettle, just recently off the New Haven sick list, will wrestle heavy-weight against A1 Culbert. Schoettle is a strong wrestler who has compiled a good record so far this season, while Culbert will be seeking his second win in five starts. However, Culbert's improvement in the past few weeks foreshadows a possible Crimson upset...