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...black sedan with Government license plates pulled into the rear parking lot. Out stepped a tall, tanned man with a brown manila envelope under his arm. At the basement reception desk he dutifully presented his rectangular badge, bearing his picture and name: David Lilienthal, Chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission...
Narrowing Gap. Northwest Airlines, Inc. inaugurated the first regular service from New York to Tokyo, Shanghai and Manila via the "Great Circle" route-i.e., over the Aleutians and northwest Pacific. The new route will be flown thrice a week, will shorten trans-Pacific flying time by as much as 72 hours. New York-to-Tokyo fare...
With the rebels either dead or safely back in the stockade, Calapan joined the rest of the Philippines in a gala round of oratory, parades and holiday cockfights in honor of the first anniversary of Philippine independence. In Manila, President Manuel Roxas discussed his Government's political and economic progress. Said Roxas: "Organized resistance has almost ceased." To give force to his words, a battalion of Hukbalahaps, pro-Communist guerrilla fighters who have waged constant war against the government, marched past the reviewing stand...
Among the 22 passengers on the initial flight, publicity-wise Pan Am had included 15 bigwig publishers and editors. They had taken tea with Prime Minister Clement Attlee, dined with China's Generalissimo, supped with General Douglas MacArthur. With lesser luminaries, they wined & dined in Istanbul, Calcutta, Manila and Honolulu...
From 8:30 to 5 o'clock today, University administrative officials will be passing out manila envelopes to the summer registrants, who will get no more vacation after today, since classes have their first meetings tomorrow...