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Robert V. Roosa, 42, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs. A Rhodes scholar who never went to Oxford (the war intervened), Michigan-born Banker Roosa (pronounced roe za) joined the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 1946 as an economist, and rose to vice president in charge of research. He is widely respected in international banking circles for his sensible "sound money" views and for detailed knowledge of debt management problems-his chief area of responsibility as the Treasury...
...short-range jet, the D.H. 121. De Havilland Managing Director Sir Aubrey F. Burke liked the new tie-up, since he is slated to boss the combine's aviation activities. Still to be determined are the fates of the Siddeley Group's Canadian subsidiary, A. V. Roe & Co., and de Havilland Aircraft of Canada...
...Mayor H. Roe Bartle and the city council were angry because Kansas City had contributed $105,000 to the March of Dimes, got back $34,000 for patient care -and now the National Foundation said it could not allot more because all its funds were committed. Snapped Mayor Bartle to a foundation spokesman: "I think you have sold the people a bill of goods." Councilman Charles C. Shafer Jr. tossed in the time-worn allegation about high headquarters overhead: "There's just too much discount by the Foundation before the money gets to the people...
...Anne Roe, a pioneer worker in normal adult psychology, alcoholism, public health, and applied psychology, has been appointed Lecturer on Education. She will teach courses in Education and do research in guidance...
...first test flight at Saunders-Roe's plant at Cowes, the Hovercraft rose 15 in. above the concrete runway. Test Pilot Peter Lamb maneuvered it easily, using a standard aircraft control stick. To dramatize the low friction of its air cushion, Inventor Christopher Cockrell pushed the four-ton craft around the apron by hand. Later the Hovercraft was towed out into the Solent for its first water trial. It rose in a cloud of spray and skimmed easily above the water among yachts and harbor traffic...