Word: corpe
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Speed Going Down. The X-17 is a three-stage missile powered by solid-propellant rocket motors built by Thiokol Chemical Corp. While the large, first-stage motor is burning, it climbs upward like any other missile. After coasting without power to an undisclosed but probably moderate altitude, it turns nose downward and starts to fall back to earth. Then the second-and third-stage rockets fire. Aided instead of opposed by gravity, they drive it to enormous speed...
...symptoms were mild and he made a good recovery, but the father's case was severe. Martin's suit charges that he was unable to work for nine months, spent six months under treatment at Warm Springs, Ga., can now work only part time (for Lockheed Aircraft Corp.), and "still suffers and will continue to suffer for the remainder of his life very substantial physical disability...
Sales & Bonanzas. Some of the profit increases were sensational enough to please even the zoomers. In the auto industry, fast-moving Chrysler Corp. reported a 327% profit rise on record sales, to $5.34 a share-the highest in its history. Ford Motor Co. also had record sales, reported quarterly earnings of $1.85 a share, a 36% rise over last year. General Motors profit was down, but the drop was moderate (93? v. 1956's $1.01), considering the company's 9.4% drop in sales of cars and trucks in the first quarter...
Reflecting the oil-industry bonanza caused by the Suez Canal's closing, Gulf Oil Corp. reported profits up from $2.43 to $3.20 a share, Texas Co. up from $1.27 to $1.57, Shell Co. up from $1.16 to $1.37, Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey) up from $1.04 to $1.20. And in the steel industry, where there have been some production cuts, several big companies came in with substantial profit gains. Republic Steel Corp. had the highest first-quarter sales and earnings ($1.81 a share v. 1956's $1.62) in its history. Profits were also up for Bethlehem Steel Corp...
...mile intermediate missile Thor. The heart, nerves and brains of the giant warbirds are fantastically complex electronic-guidance systems. That the job of" supervising this project, on which the survival of the U.S. depends, was not given to one of the familiar electronic giants-American Telephone & Telegraph, Radio Corp. of America, International Business Machines, General Electric, Sylvania, Westinghouse-but to Los Angeles' Ramo-Wooldridge is a perfect example of the way in which brilliant, little-known scientists are shooting up from obscurity to fame and sizable fortunes in the new age of electronics. The only atypical thing about Ramo...