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...trace $90,000 worth of stolen jewelry). After Alfie slipped through locked doors and over a 20-ft. wall at Nottingham Prison, he became known as "Houdini" Hinds, spent eight happy months on the loose in Europe and Ireland, where he had set up shop as a builder-decorator when the Yard caught up with...
...subcontractor for bigger companies during World War II, McDonnell at war's end delivered the first carrier-based jet fighter -the Phantom I. Since then a $2 billion succession of Banshees, Demons and Voodoos has made McDonnell a perennial contender for the title of world's largest builder of jet fighters...
Since he is best known as the builder of Brasilia, he explained in some detail why he had felt the much-criticized new capital necessary. Describing the vast Western region of virgin forest and Indian tribes, where "per capita income is exactly zero," he stressed the importance of "immediate integration of that region with the economic life of the country...
...capsule after landing in the sea. Grissom was in charge of the capsule control system. Glenn specialized in the capsule's cockpit layout, contributed substantially to its design. Among other things, he suggested an auxiliary power system that was adopted by McDonnell Aircraft Corp., designer and builder of the spacecraft. Glenn's own Friendship 7 (which he named himself after consulting his family) was tailor-made to his specifications. He color-coded his instrument panel, arranged the 165 meters, dials, toggles, levers and lamps to suit his taste, and marked guidelines on his window to help gauge his observations...
Although the first Rossmoor apartments will not be ready until April 1. eager customers (average age: 62; average income: $4,000) have already snapped up 1,319 of them. Meantime. Builder Cortese-who will turn management of Rossmoor over to a nonprofit tenants' association once the apartments are all sold-is eying sites for other Leisure Worlds near San Juan Capistrano, San Francisco. Washington, D.C., Chicago and New York City...