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...gallons of stale water. A Decatur cistern was tapped for a 29-year-old sample. The water heater of a high-school teacher in Oak Park yielded 30 gallons between five and twelve years old. An undertaker emptied his fire extinguisher and a grocer drained the soda pop cooler he had not cleaned for five years...
...Cooler. General Motors announced an automobile air-conditioning unit as optional equipment for 1953 Cadillacs and Oldsmobiles. The small unit will be installed in the luggage compartment, pump cold air into the car through a grill behind the rear seat. In temperatures up to 110°, said G.M., the unit will cool a car to "comfort." Price: about...
Governor Adlai Stevenson probably could have the nomination for the asking. The heat is on him from all sides, including Administration members, to announce that he is available. Harry Truman, who favored Stevenson, is getting a little cooler. Reasons: 1) Truman is annoyed with Stevenson's refusal to commit himself, suspects him of waiting to see whom the Republicans will nominate. Truman feels that any red-blooded Democrat ought to be ready & willing to run against any Republican. 2) Stevenson has soft-pedaled some Fair Deal program points, and has told friends that he is not sure whether Harry...
...pursuer. Boros teed off first for the final round, played with a cool nonchalance that amazed the gallery. Chomping blades of grass, swigging Cokes, making shots with a cigarette dangling from his lips, the former Connecticut amateur constantly extricated himself from trouble. Gasped one sweating spectator: "He looks cooler than the gallery...
Normally, he explains, the atmosphere grows cooler as altitude increases, but under some conditions it may contain layers of warm air with cold air below them. These are called "inversions." They occur in all climates but are commonest in deserts, where both the ground and the air get very hot in daytime. As soon as the sun sets, the ground cools off, radiating its warmth into the sky. The air for a few feet up grows cool by contact with the cool earth, but the air a little higher stays warm...