Word: summer
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...this, capital newsmen began hearing of an H-bomb among letters which the President had written last summer to Political Columnist Frank Kent of the Baltimore Sun-a letter so scorching that Harry Truman regretted it almost immediately, and wrote again, apologetically asking Kent to destroy it. Kent returned it instead, got a note of profuse thanks for the gesture...
...universal national service from all our young men and women . . ." To clear the way for general inductions at 18, the top policy body of New York's public school system recommended that high schools pack their standard four-year courses into three. Suggested expedients: wider use of summer classes and, "in some instances," heavier study loads during regular semesters...
...this is offset by the fact that its smooth trails are skiable on only four inches of cover. The east side of Cranmore has also been developed to make use of the deep-snow "backside" of the mountain. A mile and a quarter long trail was cut there last summer...
...other side of the White Mountain, in the Franconia region. Here on Cannon Mountain lie numerous intermediate and expert slopes easily reached by the 2,000-foot Aerial Tramway. The lower half mile of the Cannon trail was widened to 125 feet and two new trails added during the summer...
...excellent job of keeping its main roads clear throughout the winter. Skiers heading to the Eastern Slopes region, in particuar, will find at least a half-hour taken off the travelling time by using the New Hampshire Turnpike, from the Massachusetts line to Portsmouth, N.H., which was opened this summer. Another high-way improvement was made just below Conway, where the winding curves at Chocorua were eliminated...