Word: thunderers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Twice in eight weeks, Elizabeth, N.J. heard the thunder of an exploding airplane, and rushed to the streets to pick up the dead. The planes, one taking off, the other landing at nearby Newark Airport, crashed in the heart of the city, killing 79 passengers and six of Elizabeth's citizens. City officials blamed the airport for routing the planes over their homes, demanded that the field be shut down. The Port of New York Authority announced that it was rushing work on a new runway that would shunt most of the traffic away from Elizabeth...
...fleeting days of last week the thunder from Asia, Europe and the Middle East retired to quiet mutterings beyond the horizons. In the relative silence the U.S. heard-like the comfortable tickings of a grandfather clock-some of the nostalgic noises of old-fashioned normalcy...
...hottest fighting in Korea nowadays is the battle of U.N. planes against Red antiaircraft guns. The U.S. Fifth Air Force had some grim announcements last week: in fighter-bombers (56 Thunder jets and Shooting Stars; 55 propeller-driven Mustangs) have been lost to enemy AA. fire in the past five months. January was the worst month of the air war, with 52 U.N. planes lost in combat, and 44 of them were downed by flak. Already heavy and deadly, Red flak is growing constantly more so. Said a U.S. airman gravely: "The free ride is over...
...Knowing the gag issue was to be published, the editors attempted to steal its thunder by announcing plans Thursday to print a facsimile of its old rival, "The Journal...
...With a thunder of hoofs and a "Hi-yo, Silver . . . awa-ay!", The Lone Ranger this week gallops headlong into his 20th year on radio. As a reward for fighting virtue's fight in comic books, cartoon strips and on TV (Thurs. 7:30 p.m., ABC) as well as radio (Mon., Wed., Fri. 7:30 p.m., ABC), the masked rider grosses $5,000,000 a year. Most of the profits go to George W. Trendle, 67, a Detroit businessman (movie theaters, radio stations) who had the original idea for the Ranger back in 1932. His formula for the show...