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Well aware that every passing poll and primary attests to Dwight Eisenhower's extraordinary popularity with the voters, reporters at the President's press conference last week were fascinated by his unorthodox reaction to it all. Said the National Broadcasting Co.'s Ray Scherer: "You have generally said that you find yourself amazed that people would take the trouble to vote for you. I wonder if I could presume to ask why you find that such a phenomenon...
...across Georgia like a gale out of the Atlantic. Tearing up the statement he had planned to issue if George stayed in the race (asserting that Georgia needed a "young and vigorous" Senator), Herman Talmadge shot out a new announcement that included praise of George's service. Talmadge & Co. were jubilant; old Walter George's friends were sad but relieved...
Rising Ratio. The ideal VTOL may come into being through the continuous improvement of jet engines. Research Engineer Earl R. Hinz of Ryan Aeronautical Co. points out that when the static thrust of an airplane's engines exceeds the airplane's weight, a vertical take-off is possible-at least in theory. Apparently no operational jet plane has such thrust at present, but the ratio of thrust to weight-even with the low-power figures still published by the security-morbid U.S. Department of Defense-is climbing rapidly. For the F-86 Sabre jet the ratio is four...
...MERGER is under way between Owens-Illinois Glass Co. and National Container Corp., both giants in packaging. Plan calls for exchange of one share of National common stock for one share of Owens preferred plus one-fourth share of common stock. In 1955, two companies had combined $466 million gross...
...LINER to compete with Boeing and Douglas planes will be built by Howard Hughes if he gets CAB permission. Already planning a big Florida aircraft plant (TIME, April 23), Hughes wants his Hughes Tool Co. to add planes to its electronics business, build 25 faster, longer-ranged jets for Trans World Airlines, which he also controls. First step: get CAB to lift a 1944 ruling that T.W.A. may not buy more than $10,000 worth of equipment annually from Hughes Tool...