Word: earthly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Moon's words to earth were militarily prosaic. Clattered the machine: "This is Teletype copy received at Encino, New Mexico on the 810-megacycle band, from Benson, Arizona, via the moon...
...palm fronds, in caves or hovels. Last week the Rockefeller brothers' Ibec Housing Corp. announced that it will undertake worldwide production and marketing of a simple machine that promises much for the homeless millions. Called the Cinva-Ram Block Press, it makes sturdy brick from a down-to-earth mixture of 90-95% dirt and 5-10% cement or other binding admixtures, such as lime or animal dung...
...town till. Later, after Voigt gave himself up in return for a promise of getting his passport, the Kaiser was told about the escapade. Chuckling appreciatively, the Kaiser, according to the film, commented: "See, that's discipline. You won't find that anywhere else on earth...
...last of the airlines' pilot-presidents was finally brought down to earth last week. He was J. H. ("Slim") Carmichael, 51, a lanky (6 ft. 4 in.), windburned throttle jockey who barnstormed, crop-dusted, and flew the early air mail routes before taking off in 1937 to help run what later became Capital Airlines. He piloted the line out of the red, turned tidy profits by introducing domestic coach fares, in 1954 brought U.S. aviation toward the jet age with British Viscounts. But while building Capital into a major competitor. Slim Carmichael also made himself a raft of troubles...
...life insurance policy, written by Lloyd's of London to cover "the death by fright of any member of the audience." The movie: Macabre, a pallor game played by a mad M.D. When Macabre's Producer William Castle first tried to insure every human being on earth, Lloyd's was chilly. Lloyd's dickered with Castle over an estimate of the number of deaths that would occur, finally settled for an actuarially comfortable eight, made the premium $15,000. No bereaved heir has yet made a claim...