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Great gaseous bubbles of oil and blood erupted, bringing up torn bodies and a ghastly debris. Two diesel engines and the first two coaches lay 35 ft. under water. The third coach, hooked on a bridge abutment, dangled crazily at 80°. Down in the second coach, Broker Land, a nonswimmer, drifted to a small air pocket at the top of the coach and filled his lungs. "What a lousy way to die." he thought. Then he found a window, kicked it out, and surged suddenly up to the surface and a helicopter's rescue line...
...husband their precious foreign exchange, clapped stern restrictions on luxury imports, the enterprisers of Gwadar took to their dhows to keep Karachi's shops well filled with the restricted items. When the Pakistanis tried to check the flow with a fleet of patrol boats, the smugglers installed powerful diesel engines in their dhows, sped to secret rendezvous with mysterious tramp steamers far offshore, then raced for the Gateway of Winds faster than Pakistan customs launches could follow. From Gwa-.dar the smuggled stuff poured into Pakistan's markets by camel train, fishing boats and trailers pulled by souped...
...years ago, tireless Inventor Link took up another hobby-deep-sea diving. Already, Link has co-developed a deep-sea diver's underwater scooter, a torpedo shaped like a hotel hallway's fire extinguisher that tows a diver along behind. Link is building a 91-ft. Diesel yacht specifically designed for undersea exploration with such gadgets as an underwater metal locater for hunting wrecks and buried treasure, so sensitive it picks up tin cans. Next year, Link hopes to use the boat to explore the sunken Roman seaport of Caesarea, off the coast of Israel...
Word leaked out that the Department of Transport has a well-advanced plan to build the free world's first atom-driven icebreaker. To displace 7,000 tons, the craft will have almost twice the power of a diesel-engined vessel, probably cost around $40 million, three times more than Canada's diesel-powered icebreaker Labrador. To build the new ship, Canada will need help from the U.S., but since a Canadian icebreaker would be a major addition to joint U.S.-Canadian forces in the Arctic, Canadian planners expect Washington to give all technical assistance-and a hearty...
...been vice president for the body and assembly divisions. Fred Donner will continue to work from New York, watch G.M.'s pocketbook, speak for the company on broad policy. Jack Gordon will handle production in Detroit, probably do much of the talking about cars, refrigerators, diesel locomotives, research...