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...Powerhouse Purdue of the lordly Big Ten huffed and puffed against unexpectedly rugged U.C.L.A., rolled up 203 yards on the ground v. U.C.L.A.'s paltry 79, but could not get up enough sustained steam to score, had to settle...
Telling Statistics. The report nonetheless underscored some telling statistics. Mitchell reported that the 20 largest steel companies earned less on their invested capital (12.8%) than the nation's 25 biggest industrial firms (14.7%) in booming 1955-57, which tended to take some of the steam out of the union's talk about huge steel profits in 1959's exceptional first half. On the other side, the report answered industry's contention that a wage raise would necessitate a price rise. It showed that since 1951 the industry's wage-and-benefit costs...
...Defense Department's strategic planning. Specifically, Congress added $85 million to start boosting the U.S.'s intercontinental ballistic missile squadron strength from nine to 17, also $87 million to speed development of the second-generation, solid-fueled ICBM Minuteman. The Administration had wanted $260 million for a steam-powered aircraft carrier, but Congress said no, instead put up $35 million to cover advance planning on a nuclear-attack aircraft carrier. It added $137 million for the Navy's undernourished antisubmarine-warfare program. One congressional lapse from sound strategic planning: an added $73 million to keep the politically...
...Quetta (pop. 84.000 humans, 20,000 camels), a thriving West Pakistan trade center 536 rugged miles north of Karachi, the crimson pomegranates-cbme big as softballs, and the government train arrives sporadically in a hiss of steam with stale copies of daily newspapers from Karachi and Lahore. These imports enjoy only a languid sale in the bazaar, for Quettans, with a literacy rate of 10.3%, are not the reading sort. Several misguided publishers have tried to give Quetta a daily newspaper of its own; the most successful of these lasted only 18 issues. Quettans get along with a bizarre medley...
Fumes in Bedrooms. At first nobody worried much. But soon, noxious fumes containing a little carbon monoxide and a great deal of carbon dioxide began coming out of crevices. Firemen pointed their hoses down the biggest cracks; for a while the fumes turned to steam, but the fire burned on. In 1952 a sleeping couple was killed by fumes creeping into their bedroom. On one night in 1954, fifteen people were overcome. Since the fire started, several hundred residents of the parboiled area have been nauseated or knocked...