Word: grounding
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Jamaica-the point at which twelve of the railroad's branch lines begin fanning out over the island. But when the leading 6:09 was still a mile from the station, an overhead block signal ordered a temporary halt and its motorman obediently applied his brakes. The train ground to a stop. But when the signal changed to "proceed," it refused to start; it groaned, lurched, and stalled dead on the tracks, apparently with its air brakes jammed...
...next night the Reds staged a furious counterattack, heralded by bugling, whistling, and the brazen clang of cymbals which dismally reminded the G.I.s of the surprise Chinese attack in early November. The South Koreans lost all of their ground north of Tokchon, and the town as well. Said a U.S. officer: "We can only assume that the R.O.K. II Corps [6th, 7th and 8th Divisions] disintegrated." The 1st Cavalry Division had to be rushed up to prevent a breakthrough. One company of the 25th Division was overrun ("There's damned little of that company left," the assistant division commander...
...China Foreign Office spokesman last week charged French air and ground forces in Indo-China with "provocative attacks on Chinese territory." Warned the Reds: "Our border troops have been instructed to hold the frontier firmly and to deliver counterblows to the provocateurs." In Moncay, the only remaining French-held outpost on China's border, TIME Correspondent Eric Gibbs reported an ominous quiet...
Korea's legislators showed their hostility to Rhee by demanding the resignation of the pro-Rhee cabinet on the ground that it was responsible for the war. Twice the Assembly refused to ratify Rhee's choice for Prime Minister, amiable George Paik, a Protestant mission college president who had been Education Minister before the war. The resentment against Paik and his sponsor stemmed partly from the fact that both had rated an airlift escape from Seoul last June, while many ordinary Assemblymen had to stay behind and hide...
Ninety-Four Pages. Last week, with Monnet still presiding over the blueprint, the six nations' experts whipped the historic document into shape at their Paris headquarters in the Rue Martignac behind the Chamber of Deputies. The building was as busy as a beehive. At the ground floor entrance, motorcycle cops were ready to rush urgent messages all over Paris. Upstairs, in his large, sober office, Monnet was in almost permanent conference with the delegation chiefs. Argument and counterargument had been sifted down into 94 blue-bound pages of agreement. Highlights...