Word: naval
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...town's present site back in 1770, and built a grist mill near by. According to local legend, he also suggested the circular-street plan upon which the village is built, although he sold out (1,643 acres for $4,000) long before 1814, when Perryopolis, named for Naval Hero Oliver Hazard Perry, was actually begun...
...Asia, a naval blockade and an appeal for a tighter U.N. embargo of Red China are under "very careful scrutiny" in the State Department...
...conclusion on a double indemnity policy of the Pennsylvania Mutual Life Insurance Co. The Korean conflict, said the Pennsylvania court, is not a war, since "there was not, nor ever has been, any declaration of war by Congress, but merely a dispatch to Korea, by presidential order, of military, naval and air forces of the United States...
Price didn't think Westinghouse could learn anything running plants like Hanford or Oak Ridge; they had become management, not development, projects. "Our engineers advised us," says Price, "that naval propulsion was likely to be the first practical application of atomic engines. In warships, the advantages of increased range would outweigh the high costs of the engine. So we went after that as the best means of gaining nuclear experience and at the same time solving practical problems which would have application in our business...
...huge new naval base...