Word: transportable
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Russian-built MIG jet fighter that dropped onto Korea's Kimpo airport was all crated and on its way by air transport to Ohio's Wright-Patterson field last week when the U.S. Defense Department handed down its ruling: the MIG was not a legitimate prize of war because it had been surrendered by its pilot after the armistice. The crated aircraft was grounded en route -reportedly at Okinawa-and the U.N. command announced that it was canceling its offer of $50,000 reward for additional MIGs. Furthermore, it offered to return this one to its "rightful owner...
...objection of Noah Dietrich, his chief industrial adviser. Ramo and Wooldridge, because of their standing among electronic engineers-and with unlimited funds provided by Hughes-were able to round up many of the top experts in the country. Hughes also persuaded General Harold George, wartime boss of the Air Transport Command, to join the company, and he became vice president and general manager. Sales, which had been about $2,000,000 in 1948, soared to a rate of $200 million this year...
...pilot of the downed transport, John Wayne plays perfectly the lean and leathery hero that has made him a top box-office attraction for years. His crew is pictured as a pack of irresponsible children who would not last ten minutes in the wilderness without Wayne's paternal guidance: one of them does not follow Wayne's orders, and as a result freezes to death; Wayne has to slap another out of hysteria, cajole a third into courage. The high-strung pilots of the rescue planes include such familiar character actors as Andy Devine and Allyn Joslyn...
British industry. The report urged public ownership for only one industry: water supply, which is already largely controlled by national and local boards. While making no apologies for the nationalization brought about by Labor (steel, transport, coal) in its six years in power, the unions said cannily that caution and further study are necessary before further nationalization is attempted. It was a remarkably conservative stand ("The report goes far beyond caution about nationalization," commented the influential Economist. "It goes against nationalization"). "Betrayal!" cried voices from the left wing. But the majority did not think so. Armed with proxies...
...Fast Freight, Inc. is okayed by the I.C.C. With a combined fleet of more than 3,000 trucks, operating between Chicago and the West Coast, P.I.E. expects the companies' combined gross to hit $45 million this year, $4,600,000 more than the No. 1 U.S. trucker, Associated Transport, Inc., took in last year...