Word: united
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first thing you and your husband must do is make a call. In my day you always called on the post's commanding officer. But in some cases, he is too busy to see you, and you call on the unit commander. Check with the adjutant; he always knows everything. Leave your calling cards on this visit. You leave one card (because a lady never calls on a gentleman), and your husband leaves two (he calls on both husband and wife). If the commander is a bachelor, a lady doesn't call...
...Star should lose both the appeal and the civil suit, the verdict would not only bring a big change in the Star's publishing practices; it could also affect about 180 other dailies that use the unit or combination rate. The U.S. Supreme Court has already ruled that the unit rate is not automatically unfair competition unless the Government can prove unfair practices in each case (TIME, June 1, 1953). But if the Star loses, the verdict could encourage the Justice Department to go after other papers that use the unit rate...
...Allentown, Pa. is spending $15 million to boost its annual capacity by 3.000,000 bbls.; Universal Atlas Cement Co., a U.S. Steel subsidiary and the biggest producer, is spending an estimated $20 million on its Buffington plant in Gary. Ind., which will be the largest new production unit built in the past 15 years; New York's Lone Star Cement Corp. will spend $14 million. Other companies that are busily expanding: Ideal Cement Co., General Portland Cement Co., Peerless Cement Corp., Medusa Portland Cement Co. and Keystone Portland Cement...
Giant Snow Train. A six-unit "snow train," weighing between 125 and 130 tons and capable of carrying the same amount in freight, has been built by Le Tourneau Co. for the Alaska Freight Lines. The $290,000 giant is powered by two 400-h.p. diesel generators that provide power for all 24 of the freighter's 7-ft.-4-in. pneumatic-tired wheels. The monster has a range of 1,000 miles, requires neither rails nor road and can travel over almost any kind of terrain at a speed of 15 m.p.h. The engine cab contains insulated sleeping...
First proctoral unit meetings were held last night, and will conclude this evening...