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...flatlands along little Bee Tree Creek outside Asheville, N.C., last week, workmen put the finishing touches on 14 metal buildings, the first units in a new $3,500,000 ordnance plant and proving ground. In the nation's snail-paced arms buildup, North Carolina's new plant is good news of a special sort: it represents the first entry of private U.S. enterprise into the complicated business of developing guns for aircraft. The company that will try the job is the Oerlikon Tool & Arms Corp. of America, subsidiary of Switzerland's century-old Oerlikon Works...
...Swimmer's itch," long thought to be caused in salt water by pollution or jellyfish stings, has been traced to the common mud snail. The snail's tiny larvae attack swimmers in calm waters and cause an itchy rash. Best way to outwit them: avoid still waters, keep splashing, take a shower afterwards...
FCChairman Paul Walker hopes TV-hungry communities will not expect miracles overnight. Says he: "Television will not gallop to its new frontier. It will proceed at a snail's pace...
...must simplify courses because some students are not prepared for the material. On the other hand, some classes can move as fast as the teachers, and the poorer students may have to drop an intensified course. And so, while the college's instructors are sometimes disappointed with an enforced snail's pace, they are often pleasantly surprised...
MaCoy's urge for change became evident long before he joined TIME'S staff. After attending Millsaps College, he enlisted in the Navy's aviation program. When his training seemed to be moving at a snail's pace, he transferred to the Navy Salvage School...