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...take off in 32 seconds, 54 Titan II missiles, which carry considerably more megatonnage than the smaller Minuteman, and 608 sub-borne Polarises-1,602 birds in all. With additions already under way, the flock will soon total 1,720 and pack a combined wallop equal to 1.8 billion tons of TNT, more than half a ton for every human being on earth. Nonetheless, the U.S. is planning yet another expansion of its missile arsenal...
...departed. Saigon Dentist Nguyen Van Tho became Minister of Education, Nguyen Xuan Phong took the portfolio for Social Welfare, and Colonel Ho Van Di Hinh became Youth Minister. Deputy Premier Nguyen Luu Vien added the new Culture Ministry to his duty roster. Onetime Economics Minister Truong Thai Ton moved over to the Ministry of Industry, and Nguyen Kien Thien An became Minister of Commerce...
...That's about 30 miles." Finally, a few coony old film critics discovered the only way to get through this movie with a minimum of discomfort: close both eyes and ears, and think about something pleasant-like chasing Director Clement around the Bois de Boulogne in a 30-ton Sherman tank...
From Bras to Tractors. Air cargo is indeed swinging. Outstripping the phenomenal growth in passenger business, cargo ton mileage has quadrupled since 1956, last year accounted for 12% of the airline industry's $4.9 billion total revenues. The Civil Aeronautics Board predicts that freight traffic will continue to rise by from 20% to 25% a year as against about 13% for passenger traffic...
...cargo aircraft. By the end of 1968, the number of cargo jets in service will have tripled to about 165, worth $1.2 billion in all. When the next generation of cargo planes begin arriving in 1970-including the Boeing 747, which will haul 2½ times the 45-ton capacity of the 707 freighter-passenger operations may well take the back seat. "Within eight years," says American's Chairman C. R. Smith, "our freight volume will exceed our passenger traffic...