Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...unfortunate for mankind that the fast development of space technology is taking place under the auspices of rival nations instead of being pushed by an international organization under the United Nations. The victor in the present space race will have all nations at his mercy. The only way to induce Russia to collaborate internationally for the common good lies in the U.S. overcoming the Soviet lead in space and, subsequently, offering to share its knowledge, with, however, adequate safeguards...
...native Texas, officially campaigning only to retain his aisle seat in the Senate. But "Johnson for President" clubs have sprouted in his tracks like mushrooms in a meadow. This week Johnson, already proclaimed a candidate by Fellow Texan Sam Rayburn, let his true love show, saddled up for a fast political shivaree in four nearby states. Quipped a Dallas wag: "He's just campaigning for re-election in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Arizona...
Demand for the new models is strong. One big factor is the powerful sales appeal of the compact cars, which account for 25% of total 1960 models produced so far. The orders are pouring in so fast that Ford last week made plans to shift over its Metuchen (N.J.) Mercury plant to produce Ford's Falcon and the new Comet, scheduled to make its appearance next spring. Ford will not cut back on Mercury -other Mercury plants will take up the slack. It just needs a third production facility to turn out all the compacts the U.S. public apparently...
...Charles William Post, who invented Postum and Grape Nuts, one of the first cold cereals, built a thriving business in Battle Creek, Mich, before he died in 1914. Later, under President Colby Chester and Chairman E. F. Hutton (who married Post's daughter Marjorie), the company diversified so fast by buying up other companies that the big shopping bag was renamed General Foods. As it continued to grow under Austin Igleheart, who had joined Postum in 1926 when it purchased his family-run company (Swans Down cake flour), and Clarence Francis, the emphasis in the food business moved more...
Soft Cell. In Columbia, S.C., About Face, the newspaper published by the state penitentiary, ran a want ad: "Reporter for fast-growing biweekly in exclusive suburban area on historic Congaree River. No experience needed; will train for the specialized needs of the community; not much to work with, very little compensation, but there is a great deal of security attached...