Word: c
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...consciousness. Doctors at the Emory hospital doubted that he would live and it was touch and go for weeks. With third-degree burns penetrating to the bones of his lower left leg and right foot, Kilpatrick mercifully did not regain full consciousness for two weeks. By then, Surgeon William C. McGarity had already amputated his left leg below the knee. His right foot seemed likely to be lost. It was also doubtful whether he might ever regain the use of his right hand...
Into the sun parlor of Atlanta's Emory University Hospital hobbled a solidly built man, taking some of the weight off his artificial left foot with a cane. Doctors, nurses and other well-wishers burst into applause as he completed the ten-yard walk from his room. Charles C. Kilpatrick, 42, warned with a grin: "Not too loud or you'll knock me over." Unaided, he eased himself into a chair, propped his feet on another. Charlie Kilpatrick was going home to his wife and teenage son, after three years and four months in the hospital...
...each class were announced, it was Yacht Designer Stephens (who stayed home all the while) who did as well as anyone. Not only had he produced Winners Finisterre and Good News, he was also responsible for the three class A leaders (on corrected time) Legend, Gesture, Argyll. Class C Winner Glory was one of his boats; so was Golliwogg, runner-up to Finisterre for the overall trophy...
...Steel Corp. announced plans to raise $300 million through debentures in mid-July. The bond offering will rank among the largest ever made by an industrial firm, equaling Big Steel's in 1954 and issues floated by General Motors in 1953 and General Electric in 1956. Said Robert C. Tyson, chairman of Big Steel's Finance Committee: "The purpose of this is to add money to our funds to restore working capital that we have used for expansion. Now is a good time to get money...
Production of Boeing's 707 jet transport is racing eight months ahead of schedule, and certification is going along so smoothly that the first planes will start hauling passengers barely four months from now. By the end of the year, American Airlines President C. R. Smith and Pan American Boss Juan T. Trippe plan to have eleven jets in the air. The trouble is that the U.S. airways are not-and will not be-ready to mix the 550-m.p.h. jets with 350-m.p.h. piston planes in real safety...