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Stop the Reds. The chief problem that Dulles wanted to discuss with Latin American friends at Caracas was Communist infiltration in the hemisphere, notably in Guatemala. To the U.S., the ever-growing influence of Communists in a republic midway between the U.S. and the Panama Canal is intolerable. Since it is pledged to the principle of nonintervention in individual countries' affairs, the U.S. can deal with this threat to American security only by joint action with the other republics. At Caracas, Dulles is expected to press for a full-dress debate on a U.S. resolution condemning Red penetration anywhere...
...Intelligence agents and asked for political sanctuary. Last week, as rumors of a spy ring among high Japanese officials whirled through the Japanese press and panicky Russians cried that U.S. agents had captured him, Rastovorov was hustled aboard a U.S. plane and flown to Okinawa. "The intelligence equivalent of Midway or a Normandy," crowed a U.S. officer...
...Pacific, U.S. Air Force pilots do most of their flying from bases that Manhattan's Raymond Concrete Pile Co. had a hand in building. The company headed a combine that constructed $1.4 billion worth of U.S. naval and air bases at Guam, Wake, Midway and other Pacific islands in 1939-43. Thus, it was no surprise in the construction industry last week when the contract to build U.S. bases in Spain went to a combine that included Raymond. Other members of the winning team, picked from a 230-company list of bidders, were Manhattan's Walsh Construction...
Aware of the pitfalls of this essentially episodic plot, the directors have skillfully developed a pervasive feeling of loneliness in Joey after the allure of the Midway wears off. It is a loneliness imposed by the preoccupied bathers on Coney Island's beach and the silhouetted couple who kiss beneath the boardwalk. Only a pony-ride attendant provides any understanding, and partly because of this new friendship and partly because of a fetish for horses, Joey becomes a familiar figure around the concession. It is this attendant who aids Joey's brother in finding the boy and returning...
...fine goal line stand by ace linemen Bob Picard and Bob Boyd gained Adams House a 7 to 7 tie with traditional rival Saybrook. Saybrook scored first, midway through the second quarter, on a 12 yard pass from Jim Orr to Carl Van Winter. Saybrook had recovered an Adams fumble on the Gold Coast 30. Adams scored after a long march, when Bill Radomsky crossed off his own right tackle from five yards out. Jack King ran around end for the extra point...