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...starter, the Eighteenth will have about 60 load-lugging C-828, plus the obsolescent C-468 and C-478 in the reserve troop carrier groups that the Air Force has recently mobilized. Eventually, when the two modern troop carrier wings (flying some C-1198) now in Korea return to the U.S., they will be placed in the Eighteenth...
With the exception of one Workshop professor who sang the role of Gurnemanz, the singers were all graduate and undergraduate students of the university. To lighten the singing load (and share the experience), there were two Parsifals and two Kundrys. A standout performance: that of Tenor Guy Owen Baker, 27, a veteran of all three Bloomington Parsifals, who sang the title role in Acts...
...Civil Aeronautics Authority limits the number of flights that any non-scheduled line can make during a week. For this reason the air coaches take off only when they have a full load. They try to book several weeks in advance, but in many cases they do not fill up a flight by take-off time. When this happens they borrow passengers from other independent lines or delay the flight until they can round up a full complement. With no empty seats, the non-scheduled lines are able to cut down their cost easier than the scheduled lines...
...Coaches don't take off until they get a full load, even if they have to wait, he said. The company that you book with will not be the one which takes you to your destination. It probably doesn't own any planes, but only books passengers for independent companies...
Already harassed alumni cannot provide this. University officials hence have decided to economize where it will hurt least--in room maintenance. This would make the replaced maids' wages available to students willing to spend two hours in cleaning House suites. The plan serves the double purpose of alleviating the load on the scholarship found, and at the same time makes available a job for the student unable to earn a scholarship...