Word: typhoonous
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...past four years, poor, typhoon-swept Okinawa has dangled at what bitter Army men call "the logistical end of the line," and some of its commanders have been lax and inefficient. More than 15,000 U.S. troops, whose morale and discipline have probably been worse than that of any U.S. force in the world, have policed 600,000 natives who live in hopeless poverty. When a typhoon (dubbed "Gloria" by meteorologists) swept the island last summer and caused widespread damage, the Army finally investigated the situation. The island's command was shaken up. Major General William W. Eagles, commander...
Three months after the Communist takeover, the once booming, bustling, bawdy metropolis is dying. Shanghai has been withered by Nationalist blockade, damaged by flood and typhoon, weakened by arrogant Red treatment of its foreign businessmen and consulates. Brisk, bald General Chen Yi, Shanghai's new Red mayor, standing on a platform in front of a huge oil portrait of Communist Leader Mao Tse-tung, told a handpicked group of "Shanghai representatives" what the Communists propose...
...kinds of worries" were in the minds of the refugees, reported the Communist Liberation Daily. "Some even thought the government was trying to chase them away, with the result that they didn't dare accept the flour given to them as relief after the [recent] typhoon, for fear of being obliged to leave Shanghai." To soothe them, a Red directive called for propaganda and education, promised a magnanimous attitude toward refugee landowners if they would "repent of their mistakes and engage in production...
...typhoon (named Gloria by playful U.S. weathermen) hit Okinawa July 23. For eight hours it lashed the big island, registering a velocity of 135 m.p.h. before the wind gauge blew down. The toll: 38 dead, 252 injured, 42,502 buildings, including 75% of all Air Force installations, destroyed or "50% demolished." It was the worst Okinawa typhoon since Louise in October...
President Quirino summoned those cabinet members who could reach the presidential palace. To the victims of Hibok-Hibok and of the typhoon, they diverted the $2,000,000 intended for the Huks...