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...first balloon launched fell in the Pacific near the U.S. West Coast. The second followed a sinuous course, cruising southeast from Japan, passing south of Midway Island, then veering north to pass 900 miles north of Hawaii. It entered the U.S. near the Oregon-California boundary and finally landed near Jackson, Miss. The whole trip (roughly 10,000 miles) took three days and two hours. The balloon's maximum speed when pushed by the high-altitude jet stream was 200 m.p.h. The third balloon cannot be located because of instrument failure, but the next four were launched successfully. When...
...stormy night in 1946, the Mighty Mo got out of its bed in the Decatur loop, midway between Omaha and Sioux City, and settled in a new bed half a mile to the east. This confronted the civic fathers of Onawa, Iowa (pop. 3,498) and Decatur, Neb. (pop. 808) with an embarrassing problem. After 25 years of pleading, Congress had finally authorized a toll bridge spanning the mile-wide Missouri to connect the two towns. But should they build the bridge over the old or new bed? The Army engineers said to build over the old channel, since...
...three first-period Husky goals came within six minutes of each other midway through the opening period. Sophomore center Dave Beadie scored for the Crimson at 6:15 of the second stanza, but Northeastern got the tally back a minute later...
...member of the solar system, it shines only feebly by reflected sunlight. Even in the biggest telescopes it looks like a faint star; only its motion among the real stars and a slight fuzziness prove it to be a planet. Astronomers are not sure how big it is (probably midway between Mercury and Mars), but recently they have learned how fast it rotates on its axis...
...example, Ford's book value of $34.40 per share is about twice General Motors' but less than half Chrysler's $73.30 per share value. On the analysts' price-earning ratio, Ford at 65 is selling at eight times its 1955 earnings of $8 per share, midway between Chrysler (seven times earnings at 79⅛) and General Motors (ten times earnings at 43½). As for dividends, Ford has announced that it will start off with a first-quarter payment of 60? per share, then consider the rate to be paid for the rest of the year...