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...lamps are set pointing upward at angles that mark out the glide path. When the pilot makes the proper approach, he sees on each side of the runway two bars of lights. The near group is white, the far group red (see diagram). As long as they stay that way, he is doing all right. But if the white lights turn pink or red, he is approaching too low. If the red lights turn pink or white, he is too high. He has plenty of time to get in the slot. Even with brilliant sunlight competing with the lights, they...
...stock market last week took a look at the President-elect of the U.S. and decided that it was not dismayed by what it saw. Building on a strong tone the week before election, it bounded upward when Kennedy's election was assured. In heavy turnover, stocks broke through the 600 barrier on the Dow-Jones industrial average, ran up a 12.54 gain for the week (to 608.61) in one of the year's best rallies...
...graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in business administration and a Phi Beta Kappa key, worked briefly for a Chicago accounting firm, joined General Motors' New York staff as an accountant in 1926. His quick grasp of figures and his lucid speech propelled him quickly upward. In 1941, at 38, he became one of the youngest G.M. executives ever to reach a vice-presidency. In 1956 he was named executive vice president for finance...
Positive Results. Now, with a formal embargo under way, Canadian businessmen are betting that their picture will improve. Selected Canadian export figures for 1960's first half show an upward trend compared to 1959: sheet and strip steel went from $149,000 to $212,000, aircraft engines and parts from $35,000 to $209,000, synthetic rubber and plastics from $17,000 to $255,000, medicines from...
...least two factors make an upward revision or elimination of the 1,000-man limit likely...