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...same time, wildcatters made their first major oil strikes in the Sahara. The big oil companies landed in Algiers, soon followed by dozens of smaller repair shops, equipped specialists and transport firms...
...assortment of Congressmen and their wives visited Hawaii at various times for various investigative purposes. On one occasion, members of the Public Works Committee, who might have used the U.S. Military Air Transport Service for free transportation to the islands, traveled instead by luxury liner. At least one bill from the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, made out to CONG & MRS., was overtyped in the records to read CONGRESSMAN...
...plane (No. 4X-AGE) carrying the Israeli delegation landed at Buenos Aires airport. At the controls was Zvi Tohar. chief pilot of the airline, and besides the delegation the Bristol Britannia transport carried an abnormally large crew of 19. Six hours later. New York Manager Joseph Klein went to the airport, had the plane fueled up and cleared for departure to "Dakar, Rome and further destination pending orders from El Al headquarters." Shortly after midnight, as a couple of sleepy watchmen looked on, Klein dispatched the plane himself, and in effect stranded the Israeli delegation. Had the Britannia...
Planes and ships from across the world headed for Chile filled with serums, water purifiers, blankets, clothes, food. Fifty-four U.S. Air Force transport planes airlifted two 400-bed Army field hospitals, lugged relief supplies to shattered towns and cities inside the earthquake region. The first shipments of help only scratched the surface of the need. When a trainload of refugees pulled out of half-destroyed Valdivia, those left behind called after it: "We are hungry! Please send us bread and milk!" At week's end, as hunger grew deeper, desperate men fought with knives for chunks of bread...
...plane: the Convair 880, designed as the world's fastest transport, with a cruising speed of 615 m.p.h. over medium-range routes...