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...General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, 83, memories came flooding back when the Philippine government presented him with a 30-lb. chunk of reddish granite. The stone was cut from the mouth of Corregidor's Malinta Tunnel, where in 1942 U.S. and Philippine troops held out for four months against Japanese forces. Said MacArthur, his eyes misty as he touched the souvenir: "Corregidor-a wartime rock -but in it, it holds the symbol of the honor of two great nations...
...roof of the largest building, which stretches tunnel-like nearly 1,700 ft., is concrete poured over short, cylindrical shell forms and troweled by hand. A second building is basically an airy vault-a 200-ft. structure with two rows of nine columns running along each side. Because of the constant salt spray in the air, a steel building would have wasted a fortune in maintenance, and, in any case, this structure in concrete costs about 20% less. But, as always, Candela will pronounce it good only if it works. "It will not be me but Alcoa that decides...
...commitment to do a film, has the organization and backing all set, and is struggling to find an idea. On a more mystical plane, 8½ casts light on his condition in a series of dream-and-memory sequences probing back into childhood. The film opens silently on a tunnel clogged with stalled cars and buses. As Mastroianni tries to start his car, fumes surge into it and he begins to suffocate. Mastroianni finally floats in fantasy out of the car, out of the tunnel and into...
...Europoort, Tidewater Oil is moving in, and Britain's big Imperial Chemical Industries has already started a petrochemical complex. The port is building a new grain harbor whose 420-meter jetty will be the world's biggest. Last week, contracts were signed for a $25 million Benelux Tunnel under the Maas River to make access to the outer port easier; Rotterdammers are also building a subway in the soggy soil by dredging a canal down their main street, lowering concrete tubes into it, then pumping the tubes out; eventually they will be covered with earth...
Arthur Godfrey key noted the annual Emmy awards ceremonies last week by explaining that "this is when you find out that the shows you turned off all winter were the best TV had to offer." Among the winners: > "Program of the Year": NBC's The Tunnel...