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Decision in a Tent. The conference began. The French civilian, Dean Pierre Huard of Hanoi University's Medical School, first asked the Communists how many wounded prisoners they would release. "Four hundred and fifty to start with," replied a Communist doctor. "And 250 of these are serious cases." Asked Dr. Huard: "What about the Vietnamese soldiers you captured?" Replied a Communist colonel: "We want them to have a correct appreciation of the realities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDO-CHINA: Back to Dienbienphu | 5/24/1954 | See Source »

Today, Ann Morrison would not trade her life for any other. But at first, she wondered "why any girl would cast her lot with the big, romantic outdoor type." Her first home was a dirt-floor tent in the Utah wilderness. The mess hall was crawling with ants, and to top it off, M-K lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONSTRUCTION: The Earth Mover | 5/3/1954 | See Source »

...first annual meeting on the West Coast, Westinghouse Electric Corp. rented a circus tent, set it up at the company's Sunnyvale, Calif. plant to accommodate some 1,000 stockholders from 15 states. Westinghouse President Gwilym A. Price reported that sales for the first two months of this year were up 11% and earnings up "substantially." If business continues to be good, said Price, the directors will consider a special dividend before the year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Tent Show | 4/19/1954 | See Source »

During the rest of the picture, Wfllie and Joe rack up enough mileage in that chariot to make Carnival Story a sort of Indianapolis classic of its kind. At first, Willie gets a job in the cook tent, but then the high-diver (Lyle Bettger) gives her a spot in his act. One day he asks her to marry him. Joe does not mind: all he wants is his free ticket on the merry-go-round. Disgusted, Willie weds the high-diver, but Joe soon has her right back where he wants her. Before it all ends, Willie is left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Apr. 19, 1954 | 4/19/1954 | See Source »

...real-estate men, thought Charlie Slusser, should have no "grounds for apprehension at the use of this weapon." Said he: "Taken together with the philosophy of this Administration, I think you will agree, this is no camel nose of Government trying to get under the private building tent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Habit of Suspicion | 4/5/1954 | See Source »

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