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Inadequate Substitute. Though the walkout came at the peak of the Christmas shopping season, New York's papers had already carried the major portion of their gift advertising before they stopped the presses. Those that publish Sunday papers managed also to get ad-packed editions, made up of early-printed sections, off the presses before the walkout...
...proud of his descent from a long line of Southern naval officers, Upton was a boy wonder. He was still in short pants and scarcely through his freshman year at New York's City College (he entered at 13) before he had written his first novel. At his peak, his output of hack work and potboiling romances reached a sizzling 8,000 words a day. Of the many millions of words he wrote, few are the right ones in the right order, but some defect of ear, taste or intelligence mercifully protected him from knowing this...
...peak strength, the main quarantine force consisted of 16 destroyers, three cruisers, an antisubmarine aircraft carrier and six utility ships. Deployed in reserve were nearly 150 other ships, including the nuclear-powered carrier Enterprise. In all, the Navy came alongside 55 Cuba-bound ships, let them pass through after establishing that they carried no proscribed material. Navy planes and ships also detected and tracked half a dozen Soviet submarines. When the subs surfaced to recharge their batteries, they were politely hailed by Russian-speaking U.S. interpreters, then permitted to continue their voyage. One destroyer gathered a Dixieland combo...
...November Aerobee flight, the exact date of which is still secret, will last only for a quarter of an hour. During the five minutes when the rocket is at the peak of its flight, the observatory will received and analyze date from the ultra-violet spectroscope which will be placed on board. If the Harvard instrument proves operational under flight conditions, it will become part of a satellite called the "Orbiting Solar Observatory II" (OSO II). A Thor-Delta rocket combination will launch OSO II in the summer...
Seldom has Hong Kong's business been better. Big hotels such as the fustily genteel Peninsula and Repulse Bay are packed with tourists. The repair yards of the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co. hum with ships coming and going. Passengers crowd the Star Ferry Co. boats and the Peak Tramways' cable cars, which provide the most spectacular 10? rides in the world. China Light & Power Co. is adding four 60-megawatt turbines at a total cost of $34 million...