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...October 1952 the Vicenza experiment got under way. As a first step, MSA sent into each factory an Italian in-plant trainer, generally an engineer trained under U.S. guidance. The in-plant trainer's job is to break down the resistance of foremen and low-level supervisors to new production ideas. Since Italian factories are frequently caste-bound, the in-plant trainer starts off with a course in labor relations...
...turned out for a banquet honoring Greece's King Paul and Queen Frederika. Among the entertainers was talented, sexy Eartha Kitt, who sang songs such as Santa Baby and I Want to Be Evil. Next day, some of Los Angeles' councilmen were shocked. Said one: "It was low-level entertainment, repugnant to all decent citizens." Eartha's songs, according to Mayor Morris Poulson, were "filthy, risque and off-color." Eartha herself pleaded not guilty. Said she: "I can't understand it. I didn't think it was possible to shock politicians." The King and Queen...
...that Britain encourages at Farnborough. He buzzed the spectators at flashing speed with his red. needle-nosed Hawker Hunter, slapped them with supersonic bangs, whirled in splendidly executed acrobatics. Then one sunny afternoon he flew down to the sea off Littlehampton. Sussex, to have a try at the official low-level speed record...
Symington: A recent study that I saw showed that under ideal conditions, 20% of their attacking bombers could be shot down by our present defenses. Under conditions not considered ideal, as, for example, night or low-level attack, we would shoot down about .01% of what they sent over...
Back Down. Dismayed by the French proposal, Secretary of State Dean Acheson called in the French and British ambassadors, and talked consecutively to them for an hour and ten minutes. Soon the French backed down a bit, said that they propose a low-level conference of ambassadors or even lesser officials, not a full-dress foreign ministers' parley; they also want a tightly restricted agenda which Russia would have to agree to in advance. Next step: a meeting of the Big Three foreign ministers in London later this month. Originally Dean Acheson intended to visit England only...