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...color photography, Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists in Pasadena first commanded the mirror mounted above Surveyor's fixed, black-and-white television camera to swivel and tilt until it reflected the proper piece of lunar terrain into the cam era lens. By radioed signal, they start ed a filter wheel turning until a red filter was in front of the lens. Then they ordered the camera to photograph the scene. The procedure was repeated twice more, once with a green and finally with a blue filter...
...catered to Africa's desire to upgrade itself by moving into manufacturing and more advanced marketing. From Malawi to the Ivory Coast, it makes cosmetics, brews beer and packs meat-all of which it sells in Unilever stores. In Nigeria, U.A.C. subsidiaries assemble Willys Jeeps and six-wheel "mammy wagons," produce 80% of the country's corrugated paperboard and containers, also dominate the marketing of bicycles and building materials, and sell telecommunications equipment and earth-moving machinery. In a way, Unilever is as powerful as a nation. The largest employer in tropical Africa, it has 61,500 workers...
Beyond these, '67 changes are subtle. Despite disappointing sales of its front-wheel-drive Toronado, General Motors is putting front-wheel drive on the Cadillac Eldorado. Chrysler is discontinuing Imperial as a separate line, will make it a more expensive Chrysler with extra decor and equipment. Ford for the first time will bring out four-door Thunderbirds. Pontiac's grille has been given a cat-whisker effect, with metal trim above the headlights suggesting flaring eyebrows. Detroit insiders have a name for the car: Batmobile...
...Kansas City, Goodyear also will begin test marketing "radial-ply" tires, which have been popular in Europe for years, but are new to the U.S. Normally the layers of cord in a tire are set at 30° angles to one another, forming a diamond pattern around the wheel, but in a radial tire the cords are at 90° angles, forming a pattern of crosses. With this structure, the faster a car goes, the more tread is slapped onto the ground. The result is better road grip and up to 100% longer tread life-but also a harder ride...
...Committee and a high-ranking member of both the national party's Central Committee and the Politburo. Then two months ago, Peng suddenly dropped from public view. Last week Peking radio finally broke its silence by announcing the appointment of Li Hsueh-feng, a 60-year-old party wheel horse, as Peking party boss, replacing Peng. Almost certainly, Peng would also be booted from the Central Committee, Politburo and his mayoralty...