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...North Dakota, the winter winds whip through the half shells of some $11.3 million in unfinished, abandoned housing projects-preventing the transfer of a B-52 squadron there. At Beale Air Force Base near Marysville, Calif., some 400 incomplete military houses are rotting under the winter rains, while servicemen commute from towns miles away...
...barbarian practices that made the Caribbean Sea an area of dishonor, which took centuries to clean up." Panic-stricken that a similar fate might be in store for the Santa Maria's sister ship, the Vera Cruz, which was en route to Brazil, Lisbon rushed ten secret servicemen by plane to Rio de Janeiro with orders to allow no visitors aboard when the Vera Cruz docked. The Portuguese government appealed to the U.S. and Britain to recapture the Santa Maria and return it to its rightful owners...
...eight-hour day. The company has built or provided mortgages for about 3,500 homes sold to employees at cost. During the Depression, the company saw to it that at least one member of every family worked two days a week, during World War II sent servicemen-employees their annual bonus and vacation pay. Not surprisingly, the firm's labor force has consistently rejected unionization. The Triple Cities have also benefited from a number of parks and playgrounds donated by the company, as well as an 18-hole golf course with greens fees of only 50?. Although the company...
...married men unwilling to be parted from their families, and predict that the first to go will be the expert technicians already tempted by high salaries and plentiful Levittowns back in the States. The good old days, when Wiesbaden village so overflowed with togetherness that 40% of its servicemen voluntarily extended the normal three-year tour of duty to four, seem coming to an end. But some of Wiesbaden's inhabitants find cause for optimism in the future's uncertainties. During a coffee break last week, one Air Force officer said cheerfully, "You know, we still...
...local government. The Liberal Democrats, too, plumped for reunification with Japan, but unlike their opponents, wanted it to come about gradually and without ruining the Ryukyus' prospering economy -which depends on the billion-dollar network of U.S. bases and the presence of some 60,000 dollar-spending servicemen, civilians and their families...