Word: contractive
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...match. The U.S.'s most powerful engine develops only 150,000 Ibs. of thrust, is made by Rocketdyne Division of North American Aviation, Inc. for the Thor and Jupiter (the considerably larger Atlas uses a cluster of engines). Last week Rocketdyne was starting work on an Air Force contract for developing a monster engine with 1,000,000 Ibs. of thrust...
...Construction contract awards for June reached $3.8 billion, the highest ever reported for a single month and 18.5% above last June. Biggest gains were in residential housing (up 20% from last June) and heavy engineering contracts, which rose 64%, largely on the strength of Government stimulation of road building and public works programs...
GUIDANCE SYSTEM for missiles that defies enemy jamming has been developed by American Bosch Arma Corp. for Titan ICBM, and company will adapt it for use in Atlas ICBM. Air Force calls system a "major breakthrough," is now planning to give sizable new Government contract to American Bosch...
Almost unnoticed in the recovery from recession, the U.S. road-building program has been gathering momentum, giving the overall construction industry a sharp lift at a time when industrial building is still declining. Builders report that $195 million in contracts for interstate highways went out last month, almost double May's figure of $105 million. Total contract awards since July 1, 1956: more than $2.2 billion in interstate-highway-construction contracts for 4,938 miles of U.S. highways, plus another $4.7 billion for 65,821 miles of state and local roads. The prospects are that highway work should keep...
Ibec Housing signed a contract with the intergovernmental Pan American Union, which developed the press at the Inter-American Housing Center in Bogota, will pay royalties to the P.A.U. The company expects to sell the Cinva-Ram Block Press at a profit and should find a big market. Close to 2,000 inquiries already have poured in to the P.A.U. and Ibec Housing...