Word: transportable
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Near by on the apron stood a gleaming twin-engined Ilyushin transport plane, the gift of Moscow's traveling leaders to Burma. Less in evidence but more significant were the other artifacts of achievement left behind: ¶ joint statement of principles flatly aligning Burmese Premier U Nu with Communists on such issues as the surrender of Formosa to the Red Chinese, admission of Peking to the U.N., unconditional prohibition of nuclear weapons...
...TRANSPORT RACE between Boeing and Douglas is getting hotter. Braniff Airways has given Boeing a boost with a $30 million order for five 707s packing Pratt & Whitney J75 engines (v. smaller J57s on earlier 707s), will use them on both overseas and domestic runs. Sales score to date: 69 of Douglas' DC-8s, 60 of Boeing's 707s, including an option for five from Belgium's Sabena Airlines...
...France, the Communists control the biggest union of them all. The Communist-dominated Confederation General du Travail (CGT) claims 4,000,000 members, probably has at least 2,000,000, and occupies strategic positions throughout French industry and transport. It has long outgunned and outshouted a cluster of loosely joined non-Communist trade unions boasting about 1,500,000 members. But last week the Communist unions suffered a stunning defeat...
Brick Veneer. To get around the disadvantages of conventional bricks, which are heavy, costly to transport, and cannot be laid easily in cold weather, Chicago's Ludowici-Celadon Co. has developed Nail-On, a hard clay brick ¾ in. thick. It can be nailed to a wall through a lip protruding along its top edge; the bottom edge of the next brick overlaps the lip to form a neat joint. Mortar can be applied whenever builder and weather are ready...
...TRANSPORT RACE is spreading fast among foreign airlines. Holland's K.L.M., first foreign line to sign up, has ordered eight Douglas DC-8s, worth $50 million (total Douglas orders so far: 61 planes v. 50 Boeing 707s), for delivery starting in March 1960. Scandinavian Airlines will soon order from six to ten jets, while Air France, Japan Air Lines and Swissair are all negotiating with Douglas or Boeing...