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...Nothing but Quiet." As the night wore on, the helium in his balloon cooled and contracted, and Simons began to drop at 500 ft. a minute toward the storms that looked as harmless as tiny powder-puffs. Soon the balloon was down to 68,400 ft., and the temperature inside the gondola dropped to 34° F. Simons pulled on a warming suit over his figure-hugging space suit, dumped some ballast (including two spent batteries), and climbed back to safety. An hour before sunrise, he radioed a plea to the ground: "I've got to get some sleep...
...Research to become the best-known tester of consumer products in the U.S. Paying himself a starting salary of $10 a week, Kallet and five technicians issued monthly Consumer Reports, advised readers how to save money on everything from tooth paste (use precipitated chalk) to fly spray (mix pyrethrum powder and kerosene). By this year 900,000 subscribers were paying $5 a year for the reports, and the Union had 75 part-time shoppers in 50 cities, a headquarters staff of 175, an automobile laboratory in Connecticut, a textile laboratory in Massachusetts...
...thieves they were who robbed Andrew Szewczuk of 1) 300 lbs. of frozen beef, 2) 1,000 phonograph records, 3) 40 gallons of paint, 4) a hot-water tank, 5) a grass seeder, 6) a leather jacket, 7) a pair of roller skates, and 8) some false-teeth powder...
...backs, but it also released them from responsibility for the future, and they were content to sit back and watch the victors destroy their victory. Says one exhausted survivor when the fighting is over and the politicians take command: "Speeches aren't going to help anything. When your powder's all gone, it's better to keep your mouth shut than to go spouting about the rights of small nations. A dog raises his hind leg on them...
...Electric, after a start in small rockets, is now producing the big (100,000-lb. thrust) first-stage rocket for the Vanguard earth satellite. Curtiss-Wright is producing small antitank rockets for the Army, is working on a throttle-equipped" rocket engine for planes and missiles. Bell Aircraft, Hercules Powder, Phillips Petroleum, General Motors and many others are developing new engines and materials to fuel them...