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...Joseph Johnson George, 44, chief of Eastern Air Lines' weather services, was named Deputy Chief of the U.S. Weather Bureau, a new job. World War II weather boss for the Army Air Forces in the China-Burma-India Theater, George is today the highest-ranking weatherman in the Air Force Reserve (rank: brigadier general). In his new job, he will boss reorganization of the Weather Bureau and improvement of forecasting techniques along lines he recommended a month ago while chairman of the Commerce Department's Advisory Committee on Weather Services...
...miles out into the Atlantic will be fed into it.* Then the machine will start computing. In less than two hours, it will follow 40 million "instructions" and arrive at a 24-hr, forecast. The same job, using all available figures, would take a human weatherman 10,000 times as long...
Furriers also blame the weatherman for falling sales, and have taken action to combat the slump. Instead of full-length coats, they now emphasize smaller pieces, such as stoles, short jackets and neckpieces, which can be worn on warm days. They have also put fur to work in earrings, cuff links, sweaters and even bow ties. Said Executive Secretary Irving Genfan of the New York Master Furriers Guild: "We're putting fur on everything except...
...southern Missouri, even drier than disastrous 1936. This year, so far, has been worse. In the 22 months since December 1951, the moisture deficiency in the southern half of Missouri amounts to a million tons of water for every square mile of tillable land. Said Charlie Williford, U.S. weatherman in Springfield: "All we need is five inches of snow for a week, and a cloudburst in between...
Even the Fair Deal's onetime economic weatherman, Leon Keyserling, could see few storm signs ahead, told a Manhattan audience: "The years ahead...can witness an unparalleled period of economic stability and growth...It is my firm conviction that we can lift our annual national product from about $375 billion now to close to $500 billion...