Word: belle
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Joseph de Borse-Day, 49, was a chef at The Bell in the fall of 1955 when he suddenly began losing weight-14 Ibs. in one week, followed by a serious hemorrhage. Surgeons removed a cancer-ridden right lung and several cancerous glands along his spine. De Borse's remaining lung developed bronchopleural fistulas, and the hospital staff rated his chance of recovery at just about zero...
RASCAL MISSILE made by Bell Aircraft Corp. will go to SAC units this month. By late October, B-47 bombers will start training flights with Rascal, which can carry a nuclear warhead 100 miles from plane to ground target...
...Floyd Patterson, also arranged by NBC: "All the world is in your corner." Then in rich, sepulchral tones, Announcer Paige chimed: "Today, just as at other weddings, it's traditional that gifts be given to the bride. This is the moment you've been waiting for. This Bell portable sewing machine, the world's finest. This gleaming Westinghouse freezer brings you beauty, convenience, economy. You'll be at your loveliest with a two-year supply of Tangee's Tropicana Orange lipstick. The next prize ... I mean gift," etc., etc. Then came the topper: "a special...
...after a 13-year apprenticeship broken by three years in the Navy, 29-year-old President Percy, McNabb's protege, drew a bead on amateurs who wanted the simplest kind of inexpensive equipment. He brought out a $39.95 movie camera that was $40 cheaper than other models Bell & Howell was selling. It was $10 cheaper than the company's least expensive prewar camera, even though assembly-line wages had risen from 40? to $2 an hour. Then Percy went to work simplifying his machines. Simultaneously, he sharply increased Bell & Howell's research budget, and pushed the company...
Film Line Wanted. Today, with a line of 40 cameras selling from $39.95 up to $1,096, plus professional equipment selling for as much as $14,750, Bell & Howell estimates that 65% of its sales comes from products that were not even in existence five years ago. President Percy is now eying General Aniline & Film Corp., the German-controlled firm confiscated as alien property in World War II, which the U.S. Government is about to offer for sale. Percy wants the company particularly for its Ansco film division, so that Bell & Howell, which lacks a movie film line, can compete...