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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...chief of AFOAT-1, Northrup built a detective force that correlated data from delicate seismographs and from patrol weather planes scooping up radioactive dust over the Pacific (prevailing winds carried Russian bomb particles eastward) for rapid analysis and report. Last week, at award time, Doyle Northrup (who holds a highly select, open-salary PL 313 civil service rating) was in Geneva as a delegate to the three-power conferences on nuclear detection. In his stead, wife Sybil went to the White House, came home with a clearer understanding of why, since 1948, Cloak and Geiger Man Northrup has occasionally been...
...little black mustache of Anastas I. Mikoyan, Soviet First Deputy Premier, resided two men. One-the official emissary of a state dedicated to world conquest-was well concealed by the other: a good-will salesman, radiating charm, beaming his subtle pitch directly at the people, and possessing the built-in news value of a mysterious visitor from a mysterious land. The dilemma was: How to report on the fascinating, amiable salesman while keeping a clear eye on the suspicious nature of his wares...
...program to put a man in orbit and bring him back alive, called Project Mercury, is distinct from the tests scheduled for the stub-winged X-15 already built by North American Aviation. Inc. Essentially an extra-tough airplane, the X-15 will climb into nearby space under its own rocket power and glide quickly back to earth under full control. Project Mercury's space capsule will be designed to achieve an around-the-earth orbit, but it will land passively by parachute...
...Electronic Reservations. An electronic reservations system that can instantly tell Western Air Lines ticket clerks throughout its U.S. system what seats are available on all flights was put into operation, the first in the airline industry. Built around a memory drum, the system permits 96 reservations desks to book and cancel flights, immediately inform passengers of schedule changes...
Died. M. Zakaria Goneim, 48, United Arab Republic Egyptologist, who in 1953 discovered a pyramid built nearly 5,000 years ago in the Third Dynasty reign of Sekhem-Khet; apparently by his own hand (his body was found floating in the Nile); at Cairo. Heralded as one of the most significant Egyptological discoveries since Britain's Howard Carter found Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922, Goneim's "lost pyramid" was thought to hold the mummy of Sekhem-Khet, but the pink alabaster sarcophagus within proved empty. Why empty? Goneim thought it was intended for the Sed Festival...