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...have anywhere from 50 to 200 planes. The smaller figure is probably more nearly correct. The planes include Russian Yak fighters and light bombers. South Korea has only ten T-6 trainers and some Cub liaison planes; the U.S. has shown no interest in furnishing planes for the yo-odd South Korean pilots who are ready for fast fighter training...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KOREA: Progress Report, Jun. 5, 1950 | 6/5/1950 | See Source »

...Pardo Palace to face Enrique Cardinal Pla y Deniel, Roman Catholic Primate of Spain. Standing beside the Marqués, Cristobal Martinez Bordiu Ortega y Bascaran, 28, who wore the red-and-cream uniform of the Order of "the Holy Sepulchre, Carmen said in a clear, ringing voice, "Si yo quiero" Following an old Spanish custom, the cardinal presented her with 13 pieces of silver (worth about $450), a gift of the bridegroom. Then the 800 guests moved on to a sumptuous banquet in the palace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Apr. 17, 1950 | 4/17/1950 | See Source »

With the air of a Borgia guest spurning a poisoned chop, John L. Lewis rejected President Truman's proposal for a yo-day truce and a three-man fact-finding board to settle the eight-month-old coal dispute. Wrote Lewis: "The mineworkers do not wish three strangers, however well-intentioned, but necessarily ill-informed, to fix their Wages, decree their working conditions, define their living standards and limit the educational opportunities of their children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Strangers Keep Out | 2/13/1950 | See Source »

...ersatz Herman Hickman grinned foolishly and wagged his yo-yo at 2000 rally-goers last night as head cheerleader Jerry Liebman 50 presented "the biggest parade crowd I've ever seen" with the first gagged-up rally in recent years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bogus Hickman Addresses Ralliers | 11/18/1949 | See Source »

...students, who come from 20 states, had paid about $250 tuition apiece for the six-week summer session; the teachers, many of whom play for northern symphony orchestras, got their expenses only. At week's end, the hard work paid off in a lively concert by the yo-piece student-teacher band before a crowd of 1,200. Main event of the evening: Grieg's Concerto in A Minor, with Guest Pianist Eugene List, the ex-G.I. who played for Truman and Stalin at Potsdam, as soloist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Blue Ridge Beethoven | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

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