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...last February, trim, 29-year-old Geraldyn Cobb packed a single suitcase, said goodbye to her fellow workers at Aero Design and Engineering Co. in Bethany, Okla., and left for a supposed week's vacation with her parents in Ponca City, 90 miles away, Jerrie Cobb never reached home...
...usual with Soviet celebrities, facts are few. He was born at Rostov-on-Don, is 51 and has a son at Moscow University. About 5 ft. 9 in. tall, he has brown eyes that narrow to slits when he laughs and give him an oriental look. He is an aero-dynarnicist who turned to astrophysics after World War II. Foreign colleagues give him top rating in his field, but they know almost nothing about his personal life. He often travels abroad, is always affable, but does not let his hair down. Said one British scientist last week: "After...
...Lodge Brothers. Earlier in the week, flying into Leningrad in an Aero-null null Nixon found himself with unexpected traveling companions-Soviet No. 2 Man Frol Kozlov (TIME, July 13) and his auburn-haired wife. Leningrader Kozlov's presence on the plane was proof positive that Nikita Khrushchev had recovered from the peevishness over Captive Nations Week that had inspired his jaw-dropping "kitchen summit" with Nixon at the U.S. fair in Moscow fortnight ago. Smiling Frol, who seemed to regard Nixon as a lodge brother in the freemasonry of politicians, saw to it that the Nixons...
...Pittsburgh, Reserve Army Colonel Willard Rockwell, who once took time off from running his three manufacturing companies to serve briefly as an assistant to the Defense Secretary, ridiculed the whole thing. Snorted Rockwell, whom Representative Santangelo listed as "suspect": "The White House has bought eleven of our Aero Commander planes. I can't even sell one to the military. How's that for influence?" When it comes to pressuring for contracts, he charged that the real big leaguers are in Congress itself. "Every time some Congressman wants a contract for a hometown favorite, the Pentagon is supposed...
During the first quarter of 1959, Cessna sold more airplanes (958) than the rest of the Big Four manufacturers (Beech, Piper, Aero) together. Today Cessna accounts for 53.9% of this market. This fall Cessna, which now manufactures seven private planes ranging in price from $7,000 to $60,000, will introduce an eighth, the Cessna 210, in hopes of grabbing an even bigger share of the market. The 210 is the first high-wing, single-engine private craft with a retractable landing gear. It cruises at 190 m.p.h. Price: about...