Word: salts
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Made from natural gas, salt and air, dynel can be dyed, woven with other fabrics or used alone. Davidson says it is washable, mothproof, almost shrinkproof, and resistant to strong chemicals. At $1.25 a lb., manufacturers may find dynel a cheap substitute for wool, which, for similar use, sells at $2.15 to $3.50 a lb. Since dynel orders already far outstrip the company's annual production of 2,000,000 lbs., work was started last week to double the output. If dynel catches on, Union Carbide hopes to expand to as much as 40 million lbs. a year...
...jacketed, masked bandits turned up from Newton to Omaha. Brink's uniforms and burglar tools were seized in a raid by detectives in Cleveland. A dollar bill that was supposedly part of the identifiable $98,000 was seen by somebody in Salt Lake City. Dust samples from a North End truck were rushed to F.B.I. laboratories. A Brink's gun was found in back of a store in Somerville...
Since James V. Forrestal plunged to his death 18 months ago, no columnist worth his salt has failed to speculate on the contents of the late Defense Secretary's "secret diaries." There were even hints that the Cabinet member's private papers, which he had turned over to the White House just before his death, were so full of political dynamite that they were being suppressed. Actually, they had been handed over to Forrestal's executors and put up for sale. Last week, the New York Herald Tribune Syndicate announced that it had bought the papers...
...only cut of horse meat which the Faculty Club buys is the loin or filet mignon, which is aged and seasoned with salt and black pepper for two weeks before it is cut into eight ounce steaks...
...comparison with the U.S. shows a basic weakness. Eastward from Salt Lake City (comparable to Astrakhan in temperature and moisture) the series of soil types is virtually the same as in Russia...