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...mounted the first sustained U.S. counterattack of the war, to drive the enemy back from his disquieting proximity to Pusan. General Craig's marines joined this "spoiling attack," but Walker pulled them out after they had helped to upset the enemy. He had to make shift with what troops were already at hand, shuttling them from one crisis to another. The next reserves due to arrive-the bulk of the 1st Marine Division from the U.S. and the 7th Infantry from Japan-were earmarked for Operation Chromite, the invasion at Inchon...
...nearby villages called it "happy Creswell." It boasts a model village housing development, a crack shooting team, a brass band famed for miles around. Its mine, reputed to be one of Britain's safest, is equipped with up-to-date conveyor and ventilation systems. Output per man-shift is two tons, nearly double the national average...
Jordan then painstakingly worked his defensive unit against the Jayvees who simulated Columbia's Winged-T. When the Jayvees sent flankers left and right, respectively, ends Hyde and Ravreby alternately dropped backs to shift the normal 6-2-2-1 defense alignment into...
...Russian veto has blocked any Security Council action not to Russia's liking. The Council's decisive action on Korea was possible only because the Russians had walked out of U.N. (TIME, Jan. 23 et seq.). Last week the U.S. gave its support to an old suggestion: shift some of the responsibility for the world's peace from the veto-bound Council to the veto-free Assembly. At the same time, the U.S. made a concrete proposal for the beginnings of a standing U.N. armed force...
...already moved into the black in July with its sleek, rakish Kaiser. Last week, K-F, which is making 400 Henry Js a day, turned out a new daily peak of 1,200 cars. Furthermore, Edgar Kaiser predicted 1,600 a day as soon as a second shift gets rolling. Edgar also had thinned out K-F's inefficient dealers by trimming the number of agencies from...