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...signal of the upturn came from the long-ailing machine-tool industry. It reported that new orders in December soared 62% over the year-ago level. One of the biggest manufacturers, Cleveland's Warner & Swasey Co., said its new orders are running 150% above the first-half 1958 clip. The construction contractors who build the industrial plants also noted a brisk rise in requests for cost estimates on new jobs...
...years as head coach at Dartmouth (1934-40) and West Point (1941-58), Earl Blaik compiled one of the finest records of any college football coach (48 losses in 228 games). Between 1944 and 1950, Blaik's Army juggernauts went undefeated for 32 and 28 games at a clip. When, in 1951, Blaik's quarterback son Bob and virtually the entire varsity squad were dismissed from the Point in the mishandled "cribbing scandal," Blaik resolutely stayed on, brought Army back to football greatness, last year had another unbeaten season. Last week, at 61, he resigned, denied...
Some people have skins so sensitive that it is possible to write on them with a fingernail or the smoothly curved end of a paper clip. This extreme sensitivity, called dermographia ("writing on the skin") is the usual explanation when patients complain that they are "allergic to everything," two Little Rock physicians reported in the A.M.A. Journal. Although the condition has been known for years, it is often overlooked and causes a lot of needless doctoring...
...Evendale, Ohio, G.E., the only company doing major work on the atomic-powered airplane, is going ahead at an $80 million-a-year clip in Government contracts. It has developed a direct-cycle engine (in which air is heated by direct contact with a nuclear reactor core), already successfully operated it on the ground...
...with recovery, they should be in the mood to borrow for cars again. While predictions are for a 5,500,000-car year, automen think they may do a lot better. One hopeful sign at year's end: cars were selling at a far faster clip than a year ago, when Detroit was already beginning to trim production to match falling sales...