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...miners in the deep galleries of Illinois' New Orient Coal Mine No. 2 froze in their tracks, stood staring and listening in the dark. Their ears felt clogged by a sudden compression of air. Wind touched their faces. Some heard a low, distant rumbling and a rattle of doors. That was all. They began to run, heading for the 535-ft. elevator shaft which was their first hope of escape...
...safety of the concrete washhouse, most said only: "This is a bad one." In nearby West Frankfort (pop. 11,251), the news spread fast. In the high-school gymnasium, the loudspeaker broke urgently through the cheers of the basketball fans: "Dr. Barnett, please report to the New Orient mine." Within minutes, the gym was emptying and scores of automobiles were heading past West Frankfort's bright blaze of Christmas lights to Illinois Highway 37 and the turnoff to the mine...
Checkup Below Ground. In the Southern Illinois fields, New Orient No. 2, operated by the Chicago, Wilmington & Franklin Coal Co., was known as a safe mine. It had killed men in explosions before, but relatively small accidents, in the philosophy of the miner, are inevitable. It was modern, mechanized, efficient -and huge: the biggest shaft coal mine in the world. Its twelve miles of tunnels produced record yields of bituminous coal: 15,385 tons in one eight-hour shift...
...many aspects of the occupation. Ridgway's advisers would like to keep the Dai Ichi Building (No. 1 symbol of the occupation), the Imperial Hotel, the Ernie Pyle Theater and a host of lesser buildings and facilities in the Tokyo area. Even more important, particularly in the Orient where the word itself is anathema, the Army wants complete extraterritoriality for its military and civilian personnel. The prospect of such privileges led one member of the Japanese House of Councilors to speak of "a new occupation...
...people exploited for 3½ centuries by the Spanish was taught to read,* given good medical treatment, practice in self-government, and the highest standard of living in the Orient. The Americans also planted the imported seeds of civil liberties and free speech...