Word: squallings
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...black line-squall loomed in the northwest and lightning flared from cloud to cloud as United Airlines Cleveland-bound Flight 521, 44 passengers, four crew, trundled away from the LaGuardia Field ramp on the eve of Memorial Day. As he taxied out to the far side of the field, 38-year-old Captain Benton R. ("Lucky") Baldwin was cleared for takeoff. The control tower gave him his choice of two runways-No. 13 or No. 18.* He picked the shortest, No. 18; it was only 3,533 feet long but it pointed directly into the brisk, 18 m.p.h. south wind...
...dusk when he finished his last check of controls and engines. He taxied out to the head of No. 18. The line-squall was moving closer to the field. Baldwin could look into its black heart as he turned his four-engined craft into the wind. The tower gave the go-ahead. Baldwin shoved his throttles open. The big ship began to roll, accelerated, began eating up footage on the blurring runway. It flashed 500, 1,000, 1,500 feet, it got up to a speed of 100 m.p.h. Still it did not get off the ground. Warned of danger...
Last week, in an atmosphere greatly cleared by the Wallace squall, both President Truman and Premier Stalin stated that their countries do not wish war and that in their informed opinions, World War III is neither imminent nor inevitable. President Wriston's personal estimate may vary, but nevertheless, it would seem a bounden duty upon all citizens to cooperate in every way with the United Nations in its search for peace. Rifts between East and West may be resolved only through the mutual adjustments, agreements and conciliations afforded by a world organization. In 1919, this nation squandered its opportunity...
...international air, long clouded by the Anglo-American squall over commercial flying, began to clear last week...
...learns, expects to marry him-as Buzzy-next afternoon. To make matters worse Buzzy's ghost, floored by a hangover, defaults during a crucial interview with the D.A. At last, hounded by gunmen and police alike, the frantic Edwin contrives to costume and beard himself and squall his information to the Law from the bewildered vortex of an opera stage...