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...letter was not a complete surprise (TiME, Nov. 28). Lilienthal had hinted broadly that, at 50, he had found it high time to divorce himself from Government salaries (present salary: $17,500) and start building for his own financial future. "These years have certainly been strenuous and exacting," he wrote, "but they have also been very rewarding, in every way except financially . . ." And, added articulate David Lilienthal, he had long wanted the chance to discuss the problems of the atom more freely "than is either feasible or suitable for one who carries specific public responsibilities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: With Utmost Regret | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

Rumors were making the rounds last week that Moscow had completed plans to overthrow Yugoslavia's Marshal Tito. The coup d'etat, so the story ran, would start with a Moscow-engineered revolt in Belgrade. Tito would be liquidated. Satellite parachutists would descend on the Yugoslav capital; mechanized troops would roll across the frontier, presumably from Hungary, where by latest reports the Russians had five divisions (including two armored), were busily constructing airstrips. The rumors differed only on the timing of the coup: some said it was due this month, others next spring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YUGOSLAVIA: Sang-Froid | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

Gabler May Start...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Basketball, Hockey Squads Open Against Tufts, Tech | 12/3/1949 | See Source »

Another of Lilienthal's problems was deciding what portion of AEC's resources should go to non-military use. An original estimate of a six-to-eight year head start in atomic bomb production allowed the AEC to go ahead with power-plant and medical research projects; intelligence reports and scientific evidence filtering out of Russia last summer indicated that the estimate was wrong. President Truman's September announcement that Russia had produced an atomic explosion fathered continuing military demands that the AEC concentrate almost entirely on making bombs and improving them. Other questions which Lilienthal worked over while...

Author: By Paul W. Mandel, | Title: BRASS TACKS | 12/3/1949 | See Source »

...exchange, which will operate from the outer room of student government headquarters in Longfellow Hall, will circulate books on a non-profit basis. Members of the National Student Association will man the exchange on a day long basis at the start of the new terms and at set office hours during the term...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Annex Will Open Books Exchange | 12/2/1949 | See Source »

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