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...then, Mexican officials hope to reduce nonessential imports, boost exports (particularly of metals, which have slumped badly), reverse the movement of capital, stimulate internal investment, and bring in more tourists. Of one thing the officials can be sure: thousands of vacation-minded U.S. citizens will be keenly interested to learn that south of the border this summer the dollar will reach 44% further...
...order drill and lectures (weapons familiarization, small-unit tactics, Army logistics and administration), gives 40 hours to military history and current U.S. military problems. Hard put to assimilate this year's crop of 15,200 R.O.T.C. graduates, the Army is asking Congress to approve a 8,700-man boost in officer strength, also plans to weed out some overage officers...
...When the U.S. started rearming, demand for moly soared. By 1951, production had doubled to 22 million lbs. a year and Climax was selling all it could mine. To catch up with demand, it has just completed a $35 million expansion at the moly mine in Colorado that will boost production another 55%, give Climax more than 70% of the world's total output...
TITANIUM has finally been marked by the Government for a big new expansion program. The General Services Administration is ready to sign contracts with Du Pont, Dow Chemical and Union Carbide & Carbon for the output of three new plants costing $80 million. The plants, plus earlier contracts, will boost production from 2,800 to 32,500 tons a year, but this will still be far from enough for aircraft and other uses. Estimated needs by 1960: 150,000 tons a year...
Pope stated that the boost at the Yale Divinity School has been necessitated by a yearly deficit. He added that even with the raise a Divinity student will only be paying one-third of what his education actually costs...