Word: port
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...port, which is already in operation, will end Yemen's dependence on its hated British-owned neighbor, Aden. It was dredged out of a sandspit near the fly-infested city of Hodeida by 300 Russian technicians, plus uncounted Yemeni laborers. Not to be outdone, the Chinese Communists are building a modern highway from Hodeida to the ancient walled city of Sana (altitude: 7,260 ft.), Yemen's oldest capital. Every day, some 2.000 Red Chinese toil shoulder to shoulder with 3,000 of their Yemeni brothers, all the while singing the great ballads of the Chinese proletariat...
...American team is building a road from the ancient coffee port of Mocha...
More than mere talk was involved in an incident last week, six miles at sea north of the Oriente coast, when a Cuban gunboat drew alongside the 96-ton American cable-repair schooner Western Union and ordered it into the Cuban port of Baracoa. Well outside Cuban territorial waters, the unprepossessing Western Union moved slowly to comply, while the skipper sent off a quick message that reached the Guantanamo Naval Base...
...building industry that is doing the most to make Florida boom-and raising the greatest fears of a bust. Even though building was slowed last year by the recession (statewide building was off 20%), communities are still going up at an amazing rate. The biggest, General Development's Port Charlotte on the lower west coast, has mushroomed from vacant land to a city of 7,000 in four years, is planned to hit 750,-ooo. The scramble for waterfront lots is so great that builders are turning parts of the state into little Venices, pushing fingers of land...
...their selling campaigns. Agents scour the North selling lots for retirement homes at $10 down, $10 a month. Other builders have launched a campaign to convince Northerners that they can afford a second home in Florida. General Development President Frank Mackle Jr. will sell a furnished house in his Port St. Lucie Country Club development for an average down payment of $5,200. When the owner is up North, Mackle rents it to tourists, puts the rent toward the mortgage. Says he: "We are not selling sunshine, climate, or even attractive homes. We are basically selling the ability to live...