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...tools. Later, under further pressure from Churchill, the government announced a ban on export to Iron Curtain countries of any machine tools the West may need for defense. Churchill also attacked Attlee for not making a clear statement of policy on the rearming of Germany. To close the "hideous gap" between Russian and Western military forces, Churchill demanded the creation of a European defense army, to include ten German and ten U.S. divisions...
...m.p.h., with Masetti just behind. On the tenth lap, Masetti gunned to the lead, scored the fastest round of the day: 118 m.p.h. But the effort burned him out. By the 16th lap, halfway through the 200-kilometer race, Duke regained the lead and began to widen the gap with each succeeding round. Four and a half miles from the finish, he was leading Masetti by almost two miles. That was when Giovanni Curli suddenly waved his big checkered flag, signaling the end of the race. Startled but obedient, contestants throttled back, stopped, heard the amazing explanation...
...Gap...
North of Taegu, the stretch of road called the "Bowling Alley," made famous by the brilliant defense of Colonel John Michaelis' 27th Regiment, was lost to the North Koreans-again-the Communists had pushed through a wide gap between U.S. and South Korean outfits. Near by, on a 900-ft. ridge, were the walled ruins of an ancient temple, called the "Walled City." In August the South Koreans had taken the Walled City; last week they -lost...
...life Lana takes for her own begins in Kansas, soon moves to Manhattan where she becomes U.S. model No. 1. But there is a gap in her life, and Ray Milland, a married mining engineer, comes along to fill it. After they have lived for three months in sin (but with utter devotion, of course), Milland tells her that his wife is an invalid and is on her way to New York. Lana hits the bottle, can't sleep, demands a showdown with Milland's loving wife (Margaret Phillips) and finds she cannot go through with it. Bravely...