Word: shellings
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...were halted by determined, heavily armed police. The students demanded that Rhee receive a delegation of three or four of their leaders to discuss new elections and to promise no more police intervention on university campuses. When the request was refused, the crowd again pushed forward. A tear-gas shell fell near the front rank of students and failed to explode. When a student moved forward to toss it back, a policeman shot...
...British government. So bitter was the deepening conflict between the Six and the Seven that some good Europeans like NATO Secretary-General (and Common Market Treaty Negotiator) Paul-Henri Spaak began to fear that it would induce a political split which could turn NATO into an empty shell...
...trouble is that mounting civic pride has also stirred Morrilton to shell out more cash for new churches, sewers and an industrial-development fund, leaving little surplus for schools. Should the town not boost school taxes, it will have to drop the psychologist, art instruction, adult education and numerous other "frills." Last week some citizens seemed inclined to do just that. "Our town is too small for big, spectacular things," said one housewife. But other citizens were ready to pay at least a little more in taxes, retain some of the frills. Whatever the decision, Morrilton will never forget...
...desperation, chose the path of many impoverished young nations. Assured of a $35 million credit from Russia, he cut Guinea's ties with the French franc, announced Guinea henceforth would have its own currency which, by terms of his own decree, has no value in foreign trade. Dismayed, Shell, Texaco and Socony Mobil were mulling over whether it was worth it to stay. At the big Fria Alumina Works (48.5% owned by the U.S.'s Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp.), 300 European workers went on strike, halting production, seeking some guarantee that their paychecks would really be worth enough...
...divisions-Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick-are bringing out compact cars. The new models will not, despite the rumors, be deluxe versions of Chevy's Corvair, but slightly bigger, considerably more powerful cars with engines in front. All three will have a wheelbase of 112 inches, use the same body shell and many interchangeable parts. Buick and Olds will share the same engine, a scaled-down aluminum block V-8 that turns up 150 h.p.; Pontiac's engine will be a cast-iron, four-cylinder job, canted at a 45° angle, with an output of more than...