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...both public and private investments, foreign nations have been vastly strengthened. But the dollar gap is still big; in 1953 the U.S. exported $16 billion in goods while importing $11 billion, leaving a gap of $5 billion. Actually, since war's end, the $42 billion in U.S. aid just about equals the difference in U.S. exports and imports; in effect, it has paid for the surplus of U.S. exports over imports. With foreign aid scheduled to be cut drastically this year, foreign nations will be able to close the dollar gap only by bigger sales...
Norm Shepard's squad opened the meet with a 69 to 49 victory over Amberst. After jumping to a 15 to 6 lead at the quarter, the varsity slipped, and the jells were able to tighten the gap to 43 to 39 in the third period...
...Boeing Corporation was one of many companies to realize that the gap between college classrooms and "out in industry was a major drawback in modern technical education. The professors couldn't relate their subjects to practical aspects of engineering, and industry would eventually have had to foot the bill for additional training...
Then, in the third quarter, the visitors closed the gap once again to reach a 43 to 39 count and finally ended the period at 48 to 42. Pivot man Ed Blodnick scored seven of his 12 points in this quarter to lead the varsity rally. Blednick was the third high scorer for the game with 13, while Krinsky landed in second with 14 points, most of them gorgeous set shots from a distance...
Married. Army Corporal Edward S. Dickenson. 23, hillbilly captive of the Communists in Korea, first among 23 American P.W.s who, having refused repatriation, changed his mind and came home (TIME, Nov. 2); and Kate Laney, 21, neighbor's daughter; in Big Stone Gap...