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...heartwarming figures of growth--11.9 per cent increase in passengers and 30 per cent increase in air cargo for the last fiscal year. New Boston men are counting on an even bigger growth when the new terminal is completed, as well as the much-debated and much-needed new runway. Where all this leaves the port, however, is quite another matter...
...fuel were stacked endlessly on the beaches near rows of new ware houses and barracks. On a flattened hilltop, antiaircraft Hawk missiles stood at the ready. Nearby, giant C-130 cargo planes and F-4 Phantom jet fighters returning from combat taxied down on a new 10,000-ft. runway. "When we landed last June," said Colonel William F. Hart of the 35th Engineers Group, "there was one pier here and that's about all. lust look...
...fortifications and housing at Cu Chi for newly arrived troops of the 25th Division. In one recent seven-day period, the men of the 18th worked 161,923 man-hours, hauling 362,762 tons of fill, pouring 1,394 cu. yds. of concrete, finishing 504 lin. ft. of runway, erecting 474,460 sq. ft. of open and covered storage, crushing 4,806 tons of rock and building 3,840 sq. ft. of hospital wards...
...heart of the jet age, the DC-3 still accounts for nearly one-third of the world's air-transport fleet. It has always thrived on abuse. Designed for 21 passengers, it has carried as many as 72. During the 1948 Berlin airlift, one set down on the runway with 13,500 lbs. of steel beams -twice the safe maximum load-blowing all three tires. The authors, both U.S. Air Force officers, have also overloaded their favorite plane with a lot of World War II heroics. But their love is palpable-the book itself is a retool...
Schoonover pushed his pole vault mark to 14 ft., 3 in. in Briggs Cage last weekend and cleared 14 ft., 6 in., only to topple the crossbar on the way down. With a long runway, a high ceiling and strong competition, tomorrow, he should go higher still. But he won't beat John Pennel, the feature attraction in the K of C's. Pennel not either an American or a world record--depending on which paper you read--on the West Coast last weekend...