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...rockets could eventually play in space exploration, both nations were more immediately concerned about arming themselves with the most devastating military weapon: the nuclear-tipped ballistic missile. Because U.S. scientists had already begun to master the art of packing enormous power into small nuclear warheads, the Redstone, Jupiter and Atlas missiles designed to carry them were only of modest size. The Russians, who were behind in nuclear technology, had only more primitive and massive warheads to use; they were forced to build enormous rockets to loft them. But the Soviet's military liability eventually became a prime scientific asset...
...SELL OUT (Decca). The sellout, or the put-on, is the theme of this album-with a series of deadpan radio commercials for Charles Atlas, Heinz baked beans, Medac acne salve and Odorono deodorant. Once that's out of the way, the boys get down to music with their hard-rock top seller, I Can See for Miles; I Can't Reach You, a tightly vocalized rock piece with a brisk tambourine; and Armenia City in the Sky, a sprightly mind excursion with soft feedback and subtle imagery. Unfortunately, to get to these pleasantries, the listener...
Sunasco's troubles began almost as soon as the company was created in April 1966 by a merger of Beverly Hills-based Sunset International Petroleum with suburban Philadelphia's Atlas Credit Corp., a mortgage-banking, title-insurance and home-repair finance concern. First, a plan to float $14 million worth of long-term debentures went awry in the 1966 credit squeeze. Then the merger partners, Atlas' John L. Wolgin and Sunset's Morton Sterling, locked horns over how to raise money for the ailing realty side of their operation. Recalls Rozet: "There were four children...
...POCKET ATLAS...
...MODERN WORLD ATLAS...