Word: weathering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...brass one morning last week. To the strains of music from a military band some 500 senior officers from the U.S. and 18 Latin American countries munched doughnuts and sipped coffee, admired each other's uniforms (578 generals' and admirals' stars, in all), and kept a weather eye out to sea. Then from along the beach below, the shriek of jet planes and blast of simulated atomic bombs drowned out the music. As the planes carried out their make-believe destruction, nine waves of landing craft chugged toward the beach, bringing 3,500 U.S. Marines. Operation Carib...
...helicopter pilots, all-weather blind flying without ground guidance at the landing site has been a long-sought goal. Last week in Dallas, the goal was reached by Bell Aviation helicopter division and Bendix Aviation, which successfully tested an "electronic road map" that tells a pilot exactly where he is within a 100-sq.-mi. area. Using the landing system, the helicopter took off and flew to within 20 ft. of its destination without the pilot's being able...
...Bureau's requests amount to about twenty-four cents per capita in taxes. The House's cuts would reduce this to twenty-two cents. It is almost ludicrous to sacrifice important strides in weather services for an annual saving of two cents per taxpayer. Professor Brooks notes that, in 1956, there were about 175 million calls requesting weather information. At an average of seven cents per call, the Government netted over one and a half million dollars in taxes from these calls, which more than compensates for the expense of the reporting services...
...haste to placate a public which, as always, seeks tax reductions, Congress can seriously jeopardize vital services by making cuts which will have little or no revenue significance. The Senate subcommittee now considering the House's reduction of the Weather Bureau's budget should restore the funds, and convince the House to do likewise...
Princeton's time against Navy was a fine 8:45, three seconds faster than the Crimson's clocking against Syracuse. However, time comparisons are of limited value, as weather and rowing conditions often vary...