Word: auto
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tanks holding the propellants (liquid oxygen and gasoline for the first stage, nitric acid and dimethyl-hydrazine for the second) will be thin-walled to save weight, and will have little strength when empty. When they are full and highly pressurized with helium, they will become as rigid as auto tires and strong enough to serve as the structure of the rocket, which will have no other outside skin. These "balloon tanks" are a new and tricky device. They should not be rushed...
...most direct assertion of freedom appears in Auto de Fe, in which an asthmatic and, presumably, latent homosexual youth faces his intractable mother, who represents social conscience. Playing the young man, Eloi, Glenn Goldburg uses immobile arms to portray his constriction and an extravagant Southern accent to emphasize the wildness of his hysteria. His greatest asset, however, is an extremely expressive face which fully reveals his sensitivity and agitation. In contrast is his mother, who is played by Elaine Gordon with such great stolidity and waspishness that one strongly sympathizes with Eloi's escape, violent...
...Although auto output, the major soft spot in the economy, continued to sink, the industry was actually doing better than it seemed. For while production was down 20% in the first three months under '55's first quarter, retail car sales were down only 5%. The industry was now underproducing for the market, where last year it was overproducing. At midweek in Detroit, while some companies were still laying off employees, Plymouth recalled 2,400 workers...
Died. Ralph de Palma, 73. Italian-born auto speed king, winner of the 1915 500-mile Indianapolis Memorial Day race (in a Mercedes, averaging 89.84 m.p.h.) and of two AAA national championships (1912, 1914). who drove against such old-time racing greats as Eddie Rickenbacker, Tommy Milton, Ray Harroun, Barney Oldfield; of cancer; in South Pasadena. Calif...
...only real sore spot is autos. As of March 1, U.S. auto dealers had record stocks of 904,220 unsold cars, 341,565 more than March i, 1955. In other industries, however, inventories are well in line with sales. Chicago radio and TV manufacturers are increasing inventories 10% to 20% to keep up with sales boosts as high as 183% in some areas. In the South, clothing firms, drugmakers and other small manufacturers report rising sales, say they are also increasing inventories because of expected price rises. With steel, copper and aluminum suppliers booked solid well into midyear, West Coast...