Word: grounding
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Early next morning, five miles from Newcomerstown, Ohio, trouble developed in the air brake system. In a murky fog, the troop train ground to a stop. Out of the early morning roared the Pennsylvania's crack twin diesel Spirit of St. Louis. The first unit of the diesel hurled the rear coach of the troop train in the air, sheared the second car to floor level, hurtled into a creek. The second unit derailed a third car. Two cars of the Spirit of St. Louis plunged from the track...
This week as the NATO ministers assembled at New York's Waldorf-Astoria (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), France was still reluctant to face reality. The U.S. move to increase its ground forces in Germany by five or more divisions was "most pleasing" to Paris. But French Foreign Minister Maurice Schuman put in the inevitable French warning on German rearmament. He wanted any rearming of the West Germans to wait a while. Said Schuman: "There is an obvious desire for all to see a line of defense as far east as possible for Europe. But the Allies must have priority. When...
...ground was familiar. I had been over it with the Marines three weeks ago. The enemy had apparently advanced about seven miles from the point the Marines had reached in their southern drive before they were pulled out of line. Lieut. (j.g.) Don Loranger, our pilot this time, quickly spotted two tanks and a truck hidden away on a back road. With our wingman, Ensign Leo Profilet, we went in to attack...
...began a program of rigorous preflight training in a handful of universities, with ground studies and physical conditioning. He set up a number of inland centers for primary training, most of them hundreds of miles from tidewater. Some of his airmen got their first carrier practice on the Great Lakes, on bizarre training carriers converted from paddle-wheel steamers. In two years he was turning out 20,000 superbly trained pilots annually...
...expert in Vancouver. Working with information from the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and the U.S. Office of the Surgeon General, Eccles built the shelter in ten days, and says it is "calculated to afford protection against blast, flash and gamma radiation within a reasonable distance of ground zero of an atomic bomb burst." Although Eccles does not plan to go into the business, he is willing to make his specifications available to contractors if the government approves Mrs. MacDonald's shelter. Eccles thinks similar shelters could be mass-constructed in Canada for about $500 each...