Word: foams
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...clammy beach, the rustling foam...
...preparing for the arrival of their first cadets in July, officials of the new Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs were up to their necks in problems of supply. Should the boys wear boxer or jockey-type shorts? Should they have foam rubber or innerspring mattresses, button or clamp suspenders, optional or compulsory washcloths? But of all the problems, none was causing more fuss last week than the design for the new cadet uniform. It all began when Secretary Harold Talbott flew into Denver six weeks ago. found himself in a huddle with Academy Superintendent Lieut. General Hubert Harmon...
...relays for Western Electric, acetylene gas and carbide for the National Carbide division of Air Reduction Co., aircraft engines at Curtiss-Wright. Other firms, such as American Smelting & Refining, General Mills, Dunlop Tire & Rubber, have turned to automatic controls to produce everything from bronze castings to printed circuits and foam-rubber mattresses. In the oil industry, automation has advanced to the point where a handful of technicians can run an entire $40 million plant by remote control from a panel of instruments. In some of the newer refineries now under construction, there will even be controls to watch the instruments...
...Journal advocated the wearing of foam rubber shoulder pads quilted and padded sweaters, shin guards, and plastic instead of leather cleats. However, "protective clothing much as worn by American footballers hardly seems justified," it added...
...sits on the foam-rubber throne of Dunlop's empire is big (6 ft., 200 Ibs.), grey-haired George Edward Beharrell, 55. In his realm he finds one flaw: Dunlop sales rank but fifth in the U.S.* Last week George Beharrell made a big move to correct this flaw. He announced that Dunlop will spend $5,500,000 to modernize its plant at Buffalo and streamline its U.S. sales organization...