Word: brakes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...speed-happy crew at Daytona Beach whipped through the safety tests at a far faster clip than the Sunday driver would dare. Contestants took off in the maneuverability trials with wheels screeching, barreled into intersections at 50 m.p.h. and jammed their brakes to the floor in a panic stop. In the passing trials, those whose cars had automatic transmissions rode behind the pace car with left foot on the brake, right foot heavy on the throttle. When the time came to pass, they simply released the brake. Already revving up to almost full power, the engine shot them ahead with...
...equally effective brake on surplus farm production is the proposal to set the range of price supports at between 60 and 90 per cent of parity. With this weapon, plus elimination of "escalator" supports, Benson admittedly has the power to threaten economic ruin to large areas of agriculture. Yet Congressional charges that Benson wishes to become an agriculture "czar" confuse the threat with his long range goals. An anti-surplus program would eventually stabilize production and demand such that government support and control would be reduced, not increased...
...Brake Fade. In Los Angeles, Ramon Butler, 23, haled into traffic court for driving at 93 m.p.h.. ruefully told the judge that he tried to stop, "but my brakes didn't work...
...nose cone blazed in last August after a 1,200-mile flight at a speed of more than 9,000 m.p.h., it coolheadedly ejected a parachute to brake its plunge, and popped out a balloon and a letter (later successfully delivered to Army Missileman Major General John B. Medaris). Next it fired off several small bombs just before "impacting" in the water to let the Navy outfield know where to look, then dangled flags and a flashing beacon above its watery resting place. As a broadcasting station, it popped out antennas, began "beeping" out its location. Then, for good measure...
Rise & Break. Ball clubs came to Clearwater last week from as far off as California and Canada, but the favorites in the tournament were the Aurora, Ill. Sealmasters (ball bearings), the Raybestos (brake lining) Cardinals of Stratford, Conn., and the town-sponsored Clearwater Bombers, the defending champions. The reason for the choice was simple enough: each of the teams had a crack pitcher. Softball is a sport in which any manager in his right mind would trade four heavy-hitting sluggers for one big-time pitcher...