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...only to fumble away their chances to cash in on it first. Technicians from Scandinavian Airlines broached the notion at the 1963 Paris Air Show. It was four years later when France, Britain and West Germany got together to form a manufacturing consortium to build an air bus. Their ef forts have met with one delay after another, and the British have yet to build even a test model of the RollsRoyce engine that is supposed to power the plane. As matters stand, the Douglas DC-10 should be flying first, probably by late 1970 or early 1971. Airline...
...Jones broke down. A.J. claimed that the STP Special had more horses than Granatelli or Jones admitted - perhaps as many as 700. He may have a point. Turbines are notoriously affected by weather. On a hot day, a turbine engine may op erate at only 80% of its normal ef- ficiency. In cool weather, on the other hand, it may be 120% efficient, be cause cool air is richer in oxygen and nitrogen. And the temperature at Indy was an unseasonable...
Though they are not yet available for prescription, and are not likely to be for a long time, "Abbott's memory pills" are the subject of growing enthusiasm among brain researchers. Until last week, the only evidence of the pills' ef fectiveness had been supplied by experi ments with rats; now there is encour aging preliminary evidence, reports Psy chiatrist D. Ewen Cameron, that the pills may help to mend the fraying mem ory of aging humans...
...tendency to "flat spot," that is, to flatten slightly when the car stands still for a while. Lately, the chemical manufacturers have devised nylons that almost eliminate flat spotting. Du Pont has begun marketing its N-44 nylon cord, Chemstrand has come up with X-88, Allied Chemical with EF...
...success has brought problems that Puerto Ricans never thought would worry them. Emigration to the main land, their traditional answer to chronic overpopulation, has slowed as jobs have become more plentiful at home. Vigorous opposition from the Roman Catho ic Church has all but wrecked any ef ective government birth control program. Population is now increasing at an average 2.3% a year (v. 1.5% in the 50 states), and at this rate - with no marked rise in emigration - will nearly double in the next 30 years. Today the island occupies a unique but not entirely comfortable economic status...