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...bonfire lit by an atomic fuse. Cause for celebration: after 15 years as a company town servicing the big-secret plutonium works known as the Hanford Atomic Project, Richland had voted itself out from under the paternalistic wings of the Atomic Energy Commission and General Electric, prime AEC contractor. And the vote had carried in the face of upcoming difficulties for the town...
...launch team quietly waited in their bunker a full seven minutes after the lift-off before they dared shout. Then, says Shotwell, "everybody started congratulating everybody. We knew we had done it. It was going like a bullet; nothing could stop it." To celebrate, the Atlas contractor, Convair, launched a bubbly champagne party at the nearby Starlite Motel, and the jubilant missilemen hoisted Operations Manager B. G. (for Byron Gordon) MacNabb (TIME, Dec. 30) on their shoulders and carried him around the room...
...rough weather, will lay off 6,000 of 20,000 workers at its Baltimore-area plant within a year unless it lands major new defense orders. Navy cut orders of Martin Sea Master jet seaplanes from 24 to 14 (saving: $60 million to $70 million). Also, Martin is prime contractor for Vanguard and Titan missiles, which may be scrubbed. Vanguard has performed below expectations; Titan was intended to backstop Atlas ICBM, which is doing splendidly...
...quiet revolution in the metal workings trades." Elox (for "electrical oxidation") machines not only make the machining of metal faster and cheaper, but they enable U.S. industry to do jobs it has never done before. Said Jerry Cornwell, purchasing agent for Avco's Lycoming Division, a prime missile contractor: "We're doing things that just couldn't be done without Elox equipment...
Died. J. (for nothing) Harry McGregor, 62, chunky, affable contractor turned legislator, Republican Representative from Ohio's 17th District since 1940; of a heart attack; in Coshocton, Ohio...