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...classified 1-A. From this pool in recent years, 6,000 to 8,000 men each month have been called into service. Now the pool will be enlarged to 100,000; draft calls will be stepped up to 13,000 in August, 20,000 in September (compared to a peak 480,000 a month during World War II and 80,000 monthly for Korea). By December, 93,000 men between 18½ and 26 will have been inducted. The order of drafting will be: 1) men who failed to keep contact with their draft boards, or report changes of status...
...money alone cannot provide what Latin America needs. The job requires massive private investment - at least $1 billion a year. But U.S. businessmen are reducing, not increasing, their stakes, sent only $95 million in net direct capital south of the border last year (v. $1.1 billion in the peak year 1957). Even more disheartening is the record of Latin American investors themselves, who have withdrawn an estimated $11 billion from their needy continent since World...
...ancient Inca capital of Cuzco, a handful of Peruvians and Americans met last week to dedicate a bronze plaque to U.S. Archaeologist Hiram Bingham and the mysterious lost city he discovered 50 years ago. Some experts believe that parts of the city, which Bingham named Machu Picchu (Old Peak), are 60 centuries old, which would make it 1,000 years older than ancient Babylon. More recently, if its ruins are interpreted correctly, it was at once an impregnable fortress and a majestic royal capital of an exiled civilization...
Rump Session. In Normandy, and later in Holland, Taylor proved himself to be a master tactician, maneuvered his division with consistent versatility to keep open roads and harass the enemy. He insisted on peak performance from his staff, unceremoniously sacked one senior colonel for failing to act boldly. A stickler for discipline, Taylor once gave a lieutenant a medal for a dangerous patrol and simultaneously fined him $50 for not being clean-shaven. Taylor was harder on himself than anyone, making personal reconnaissances by Jeep, risking injury unnecessarily by sitting stubbornly at a staff table while shells fell...
...Michigan survey, "realize that business trends have turned up and anticipate further improvement." About the only restraint to optimism is profound public worry over high (6.8%) unemployment. But even that persistent problem may be abating. As industrial production in June climbed to within a fraction of its prerecession peak, the average factory work week jumped to 40.1 hours, its prerecession level. To judge by past recessions, employers put their workers on longer weeks just before they hire new hands, and a marked rise in hours worked is followed by a spurt in employment an average of four months later...