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PHILIPPINE OIL REFINERY, built and owned by Caltex Inc., will be the islands' first and the largest private investment in the Philippines. The $30 million plant, just opened 72 miles south of Manila, will employ 450, start with a refining capacity of 13,000 bbls. of crude oil a day for the expanding Asian market...
...renew my efforts to dispel the deception that has been foisted on the American people." He said he hoped to "allay" the "fear and hysteria of these times." Asked if he planned to write a book, he replied: "I certainly intend to do some writing." A box wrapped in Manila paper, said to contain Hiss's notes and papers, was loaded into a red Chevrolet convertible. Then, with his family and two lawyers, Hiss drove off in the red convertible to freedom...
...deeply that effective Viet Minh control now extends through 85% of the country almost to the gates of the capital, Saigon-where the Nationalist administration of Bao Dai is disintegrating. The Viet Minh are also deeply embedded in Laos (pop. 1.1 million), a state theoretically protected by the Manila Defense Pact. The Viet Minh have assassinated 87 Nationalist leaders in South Viet Nam and the Defense Minister of Laos...
Last week the showdown came, but not the way Nye had foreseen. What had looked like promising issues ("No Guns for the Huns") in the spring, turned out to be lost causes in November. In a quiet, closed-door session, the Labor M.P.s agreed overwhelmingly to back the Manila Pact, and afterward Nye did not even bother to appear in the House of Commons when it won easy approval. A few days later the second blow fell: in another private session the Labor M.P.s voted 124 to 72 to support German rearmament. When the Bevanites began their insurrection, they...
...explained many properties of metals (e.g., their magnetism) by means of atomic behavior. His most telling work has been on proteins, the chemical basis of life. Patiently he took proteins apart and showed that their enormous molecules are made of twisted atom-chains, spiraling many layers deep like manila hawsers...