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Trials were conducted among the craggy islands in Casco Bay, near Portland, Me., where dense schools of herring drift through twisted channels. Traditionally, Maine fishermen float long nets out into the channels to shunt the herring into the waiting traps. But such nets have drawbacks. They need constant maintenance, they cannot be extended across heavily traveled waterways, they are often carried away by tidal currents...
Martha Duff saw her first Amuesha Indians from the window of a float plane. "I wasn't too sure I wanted to step outside," she recalls. "Then as I stepped off the plane, one little girl took me by the hand and talked to me in her Indian language. I could tell she wanted to be friends." The Amueshas, it turned out. were peaceful sun worshipers-their only word for the sun is "our father"-who took to the idea of school enthusiastically. They are perfectly willing, for instance, to catch a particular variety of fish so that...
Some 15 minutes and 1.500 miles after the Jupiter soared into the sky, its nose cone plunged into the Atlantic off the West Indian island of Martinique. The cone had been fitted up with devices-automatically inflated float, flashing light, beeping radio transmitter, etc.-that had enabled Navy-Army task forces to find and recover three earlier Jupiter nose cones. But this time, somehow, the apparatus failed to work. After searching for six hours, the task force gave up, and the Army announced that Little Old Reliable was missing in action and presumed dead. But after his electronic fashion...
...that a subsidiary, Thompson Industries, Inc., which Sheraton bought in a burst of diversification in 1946 and which has grown into a $23 million-a-year auto-parts maker, suffered from the auto recession. Also, Sheraton has been building and buying so much that it plans soon to float a $25 million nonconvertible debenture issue carrying a fat 7½% interest. Said Henderson: "I think we've got enough to keep us busy for a long time...
...Doria's 1,290, the Leonardo at 32,000 tons and 760 ft. is 10% heavier and longer. The extra weight is accounted for by safety precautions, including additional compartmenting of the hull. The Doria sank when three of its twelve compartments were flooded; the Da Vinci will float with three of its 15 compartments flooded. When the Leonardo goes into service in 1960, Italy expects to have a powerful new dollar earner as the flagship of her already prosperous fleet...