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...Chief of Staff Huang Yung-sheng, one of his deputy chiefs of staff, the chief of the air force, the First Commissar of the navy and at least twelve senior officers in the Peking military headquarters; they have not been seen since. After a British-made tri-jet Trident transport mysteriously crashed deep in Mongolia, the Chinese air force was grounded; not until seven weeks later were some essential flights resumed...
...plunging Seattle into a depression, Boeing President T.A. Wilson appointed a top-level task force to study possibilities for new projects. After two months of work, the group submitted a recommendation unique in the annals of blue-sky business: Boeing should get busy in the areas of surface transportation and community development, among others. As if to validate the committee's judgment, the Senate promptly voted to withdraw federal support from the $1.2 billion supersonic transport project, for which Boeing was prime contractor. Vowed Wilson: "Our objective is to have 33% of Boeing's total business in nontraditional...
...Leaving the road behind, I entered a strange world where water is seasonal king and the only transport is a large, cane-covered canoe known as the country boat. For seven hours we plied deeper into Gopalganj subdivision in southern Faridpur district. The two wiry oarsmen found their way by taking note of such landmarks as a forlornly decaying maharajah's palace and giant butterfly nets hovering like outsized flamingos on stilt legs at water's edge...
...started. The prices at Disney World seem reasonable enough. Hotels range from $22 to $40 for a room large enough for a family of four. Package plans include one that offers three days and two nights at a hotel, three free days in the amusement area, free transport and $18 worth of sailing, riding or other sports-all for $61.50 per person ($25 per child...
Plans for the Pennsylvania game in Philadelphia call for the similar use of a chartered jet, but only buses will transport all athletic squads to Brown and Yale...