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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...vessels or nuclear submarines. Polaris' solid charge, a slow-burning chemical compound, makes Polaris the U.S.'s first "second-generation" long-range ballistic missile; the solid charge will be easier, simpler, faster to handle than present types of liquid fuel. Polaris, the first true pushbutton IRBM in sight, is lighter and smaller, so cannot pack as heavy a warhead as Jupiter and Thor. Its ultimate success will depend for several years upon 1) development of hydrogen warheads lighter than present models; 2) improvement of solid fuels to get more reliability and longer range; 3) production of a fleet...
...Help in Sight. Because Soviet-bloc trade with Latin America is still small ($220 million last year) and the trade offensive is still more promise than deed, Washington is keeping cool-but thinking hard about the future. U.S. officials still argue that direct loans to state oil monopolies would be an invitation for other governments to expropriate' U.S.-owned oil companies all over the world. "I am convinced of the advantages of free, competitive enterprise in the oil business," explains a high presidential adviser. "But when my judgment is asked in Washington, I shall say that I believe...
...walkout during an operatic performance in Rome (TIME, Jan. 13), Soprano Maria Meneghini Callas was set down for the Rome opera season. The ban on Manhattan-born Singer Callas came from the implacable Rome opera authorities, who were heartily seconded by Rome's prefecture. Ostensible reason: the mere sight of Maria onstage again might incite Rome's already outraged opera fans to riot...
...trees and drenching Havana hotels with salt spray. No sooner had the storm got out of the way than another formed over Texas and moved east. Snow fell in Fort Myers, southern Florida for the first time on record. Florida children were released from school to enjoy the unusual sight. Tourists in Miami shivered in expensive, unheated motels and wished they had stayed home...
...Polaris has been described in some quarters as the best weapon in sight to counter the threat of Soviet intercontinental missiles...