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Died. Otto Schnering, 61, founder and president of the Curtiss Candy Co., a pioneer in nickel candy bars, notably Baby Ruth (24 billion bars in 35 years); of a heart attack; in Gary...
...model of the F-84F Thunderstreak, a swept-wing version of the F-84 Thunderjet, the top fighter-bomber in Korea and a mainstay of the NATO air force. Capable of 700 m.p.h., the new Thunderstreak is powered by Britain's Sapphire engine, made in the U.S. by Curtiss-Wright (TIME, Oct. 16, 1950). It can carry a small atom bomb, has a range of more than 2,000 miles (considerably more than the current Thunder jet), and can be refueled in flight for still greater distances...
...Super Connie gets its extra speed and range from four of Curtiss-Wright's new 3,250 h.p. turbo-compounded engines, which use the previously wasted exhaust blast to whirl three small turbine wheels, giving 20% more power to the propeller shaft. With them, the Super Connie reaches a cruising speed of 340 m.p.h., or 13 miles faster than the non-compounded Super Connies already being flown by Eastern Airlines and T.W.A. The U.S. Navy will get the first model late this month. In March, Lockheed will deliver the first commercial model to Royal Dutch Airlines...
Oliver S. Oldman and Julian H. Singman will deliver the oral argument for the Casner Equity Club, which will contend that the statute is invalid. The other members of the club, who worked on the brief, are David T. Bryant, John A. Curtiss, Robert H. Huntington, Jr., Robert E. Mansfield, Robert C. Prom, and James E. Ryder...
...Curtiss will deal with the problems of numerical analysis. Guinior, the speaker on X-rays, is internationally known from his work in that field...