High Cost of Modern Arms Fueled by Technology
The Air Force buys the F-89 Scorpion at about 880000, far above the 220000 price tag of WWII era P-61 Black Widow. Jets require costly electronics, navigation aids, afterburner and fuel systems, pressurized cockpits, complex canopy ejection, and extensive wiring driving up taxes as defense spending soars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Larsen
NER
Washington
Sam
Air Force
Northrop
Sperry
Sivasite
Sun spots blamed for perfume supply drop crisis
New York based Philip Courtney of Coty Inc says drought in southern France and Italy threatens flower oils used in perfumes. He notes 75 percent of scents rely on jasmine or rose and warns a bad crop could raise prices next year. Experiments in Morocco Turkey aim to grow the flowers to replace Bulgarian sources amid drought and Cold War trade limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philip Courtney
France
Italy
Courtney
Paris
Coty, Inc
North
Africa
Morocco
Turkey
Terror Tactics Suppress Albanian Resistance Under Russian Oversight
Refugees report Russian officers directing Albania’s army police and secret police. Special brigades, real or feared, conduct summary trials and executions with families confined in camps. Surviving Albanians fear the regime’s brutal reach, while leaders Hoxha and Shehu are portrayed as tools of Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prizren
Yugoslavia
Albania
Banian B
Djakhovica
Ender
Mehmet Shehu
Hoxha
Shehu
Pareey Air Mae
Snes
Ibale-Puks
Tepelena
Valona
Also Mentioned on This Page
Uncle Sam
High Point
N. C
Bern
Lindale Presents
Asy
Joan Caulfield
Joan Caul- Geld
Ryde
Mann’s Drug Stores
T. V. Rochelle
High Point Friendship (Airport
Sunda
Trust Department
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
High Point, N
Tony
Jar Knee
Adriana
Pontiac
America
Fisher
Contiac
Perkins Pontiac, Inc
Thomasville, N. C
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