Word: boosters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...recording system went to work. Ten microphones registered the take-off noise-120-130 decibels (plenty loud, but not unmanageable for well-protected ears). Temperature readings recorded interior and exterior heat from more than 100 different points. Though Big Joe climbed 100 miles above the earth, malfunctioning booster engines in the Atlas kept the bird from reaching out to its planned distance; after thundering about 1,500 miles downrange-just a few hundred miles short of the target-the capsule began its fiery. 15,000-m.p.h. re-entry into the earth's atmosphere...
...headquarters on Kapiolani Boulevard, campaign workers broke out the soda pop and Primo beer, as a four-piece, aloha-shirted band hammered out Latin tunes with a fierce beat. With each bulletin feeding new totals into Quinn's narrow plurality, came still more excitement. A stocky Portuguese-Hawaiian booster gaily swung the crowd into a chorus of When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, and the band broke out into Roll Out the Barrel. And then it was official: Quinn was elected (by 4,000 votes) over the favorite. Democrat John A. (for Anthony) Burns, 50. territorial delegate to Congress, onetime...
...cases occurred in New Haven, Conn., Yonkers, N.Y., Charleston, W. Va. and Nashville, Tenn. True to the early-season pattern, outbreaks were mainly in slum areas. Though many victims had had one or two shots of vaccine, few had had the three-dose course, fewer still the fourth (booster) shot now recommended...
...Always a booster of network-created programs, Robinson might be expected to feel uneasy about his defection to the growing ranks of packagers-except that his package will be so big as to constitute something of a network itself. As boss of Hubbell Robinson, Jr. Associates. Inc. he intends to try everything possible-musicals, 90-minute dramas, special events, tape and film shows from all over the world. Since he will own all the shows himself and will continue to profit from their residual income long after he pockets his hefty salary checks, Hub Robinson has latched onto a classy...
...DELTA ROCKET will be made by Douglas Aircraft under $24 million contract. Delta, a nonmilitary rocket that will use many military components, will put 250-lb. payload into orbit 300 miles above earth, will be used until bigger booster rockets capable of launching payloads of several tons are ready...