Word: transportation
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Georgia's ubiquitous Senator Russell suggested that the deficit might be eased by withdrawing more U.S. military personnel from overseas stations. He asked defense officials if this might not be feasible when the new C-141 transport planes, which can lift troops to Europe in eight hours, become available...
Even more edifying is the case of 22-year-old Lei Feng, a squad leader in an army transport company stationed in Manchuria. In the bad old days, his father was buried alive by the Japanese, his two brothers starved to death, and his mother hanged herself after being raped by a landlord. In the good new days, Lei Feng was always helping old ladies across streets, buying railway tickets for mothers who had lost theirs, rushing out to do volunteer work on dikes and canals, and digging with his fingers when his shovel broke. Lei Feng died last year...
...latest humiliation in stolid stride. Following an agreement quietly signed last May with Portugal, its like-minded ally, South Africa is putting up $5,300,000 to help construct a jet airport on the Cape Verde island of Sal as an additional refueling stop. South African Minister of Transport Ben Schoeman assured everyone that the island-hopping detour is every bit as safe as the old routes. "We are flying and will keep flying," he vowed. The airline has already launched an advertising campaign extolling the scenic charms of such offbeat places as Luanda and Las Palmas, and a Cape...
...animals at the city zoo, Lopez decided to take direct action. An old acquaintance who owns a ranch in Southern California promised to provide a home for the ducks. Lopez and Mrs. Hanush worked up a plan to gather up young or ailing ducks and transport them to the ranch. To help carry out the plan, they recruited another park frequenter named Steve Newrocky...
...labor shortage, it does not need arms-making to make jobs. The real advantage of defense contracts is the research sophistication that may pay off in commercial products. Out of its military experience, France leads the world in the development of STOL (for short take-off and landing) transport planes. Sweden's plane-and-automaking Saab is now turning out compact computers for the commercial market, having learned to make them for its jet fighters. Most European contractors, however, have so far found the commercial side-effects disappointing. Britain, despairing of competing in sophisticated weaponry, has decided to concentrate...