Word: decking
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Went full speed ahead on plans for a new flush-deck aircraft carrier, smaller than the 65,000-ton supercarrier United States, which was shelved during Economizer Louis Johnson's regime, but larger than anything now in service and capable of launching atomic bombers...
Free Boat Ride. In the harbor meanwhile, the loading booms creaked and strained from dock to deck, and LCVPs (Landing Craft-"Vehicle, Personnel) churned busily from the beach out to an armada of U.S. Navy ships waiting to take out the troops. The South Korean navy sent one LST in to the beach to pick up several thousand R.O.K. troops, nurses and South Korean civilians. The Koreans wasted no time getting aboard. When they finally stopped getting aboard, the LST was crammed to the gunwales with over 4,000 passengers, including a fair share of the remaining civilian population...
...hour last week, CBS tried to pack all the news of the previous seven days. Listeners to Hear It Now (Fri. 9 p.m.) heard "drama for the ear" that originated in the trampled snow of North Korea, the drapery-hung walls of Lake Success and on the quarter-deck of the battleship Missouri...
...standbys, The Cocktail Party (now with Henry Daniell). The Happy Time, The Member of the Wedding, and the perennial Mr. Roberts (with John Forsythe on deck) are still packing them in. As their long runs indicate, these are well worth seeing...
...program set up by the keepers of Belknap Mountain. New chair lifts with footrests and hand rails have been put in as well as an extra open slope and "Tiger" trail. Lights for night skiing have been installed and the $100,000 recreation lodge has set up a sun deck for the hearty out-of-doors man. Facilities for sales, rentals and repairs are also available here...