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...lane of Track Charlie, the "informal" sea lane marked out by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey: although the Italians and Swedes do not necessarily observe Track Charlie, Captain Calamai testified that he usually did, and that never in his 100 transatlantic crossings had he come upon an eastbound vessel running close to the westbound lane...
...Board finally agreed last week to allow American Coal Shipping Inc., an export company formed by Lewis' U.M.W., seven coal producers and three coal-hauling railroads (Chesapeake & Ohio, Norfolk & Western, the Virginian) to lease 30 surplus Government-owned Liberty ships at an annual charter of $127,282 per vessel. They will use them to boost U.S. coal exports to Europe, South America and Japan. Though many shipping lines protested bitterly, Lewis and friends argued that the fleet will be able to carry 2,500,000 tons more coal each year, thus provide more jobs for U.S. seamen besides helping...
...people of Israel at least, the 550-ton Greek freighter was floating proof that Egypt's Nasser, as master of the Suez Canal, could not be counted on to keep his promise not to interfere with the free passage of shipping. The Panaghia itself was not the only vessel to find its way barred as it tried to pass through the canal-for eight years the Egyptians have barred all Israeli ships and have halted eight ships of other flags on the way to or from Haifa with Israeli cargoes, in defiance of the Constantinople Convention...
ATOMIC CRUISER ENGINE for first nuclear-powered surface vessel will be built by Westinghouse Electric Corp. at a cost of $18.3 million. Engine is slated to go into light cruiser armed with guided missiles some time after...
...pull of earth's gravity, and at the same time touch off the world's first T-1 bomb, which is too big to be exploded on earth. A girl reporter (Lois Maxwell, about the only structurally sound object in Satellite) stows away on the unguarded vessel...