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Plastic Trucks. A molded, single-piece plastic refrigerator body for trucks was announced by Heil Co., Milwaukee. Heil says its "Frigid-Van" maintains lower temperatures longer, needs only half the usual insulation, has 20% more load space, keeps out moisture. The plastic also whips two major refrigerator-truck life shorteners: rust and corrosion. Price per 12-ft. body...
...train-load of alumni will follow the shells in each race in moving grandstands along the bank of the river...
...rating, but last year, Dulles wrote, the percentage fell below 30, and B pictures increased. State censorship boards have been greatly weakened by recent Supreme Court decisions the films may not be banned on general charges of immorality or sacrilegiousness. "The Legion of Decency must therefore bear a heavier load in the struggle to maintain propriety . . . It is not enough for Catholics to be on guard against personal mortal sin. They must be alert to the social aspects of motion picture morality...
...talk about Von Karman, air scientists are often at a loss to explain his abstruse theories, but they never lack affectionate anecdotes about the man himself. Never did a genius act more like a genius. Von Karman speaks at least seven languages, but his English carries a heavy load of Hungarian accent. When he used to lecture in the classroom, he supplemented speech with intricate gestures. He often wore a black silk cape and was never without a handkerchief, which he twisted, pulled or even chewed during moments of stress...
...Crimson roused itself for four runs in the seventh and actually came within a hair's breadth of tying up the game. Bing Crosby singled, pinchhitter Ed Felton walked, and Tom Bergantino singled for the Crimson's sixth and last hit to load the bases. Cleary then drove in Crosby with a sacrifice fly. Simourian and Fisher then walked to force a run in and Van Riper out. A wild pitch and an error on Matt Botsford's grounder scored two more, but Fisher was then thrown out at the plate on John Getch's grounder to short...