Word: glenn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hoping to fly faster than the speed of the earth's rotation (1,080 m.p.h.), U.S. Marine Corps Major John H. Glenn Jr., 36, fell short of his hope, nevertheless last week jockeyed a pencil-nosed, silver-painted Navy F8U1 Crusader jet from Long Beach, Calif, to New York City for a new coast-to-coast record of 3 hr. 23 min. First to span the nation at supersonic speed, Pilot Glenn averaged 726 m.p.h. (or Mach 1.1 at his average flying altitude of 35,000 ft.), cut 21 minutes off the previous record established in March...
...million), the parallel fact was that Harry Chandler placed his faith in growth. When, shortly after World War I, Times Reporter Bill Henry brought a young, Brooklyn-born plane builder in to see the boss, Chandler's eyes brightened. Donald Douglas, Reporter Henry explained, had worked for Glenn Martin on planes for the Army and Navy; now he wanted to open his own aircraft factory in Los Angeles. Said Chandler: "I don't know much about either aviation or Mr. Douglas, Mr. Henry, but if you think they're both O.K., I'll help. How much...
...sooner had the Amherst furor died down than the academic world began to hear more from Alexander Meiklejohn. Under the benevolent eyes of the University of Wisconsin's new president, Glenn Frank, he set up a two-year experimental college for men at the university that promised to sweep away all sorts of cherished traditions. The students-all volunteers-heard no formal lectures, got no grades, took no examinations. Instead of studying separate subjects, each isolated from the others, they steeped themselves in a study of Athens' golden age their first year, U.S. industrial civilization the next...
WILDCATTER Glenn McCarthy agreed to sell his last major oil and gas property, a 970,000-acre concession in Bolivian hinterlands, to Tennessee Gas Transmission Co., Union Oil & Gas Corp. of La., Murphy Corp. and Monsanto's Lion Oil division. Texan McCarthy lost heavily on Bolivian wildcatting, did not have enough funds to market oil after he found it. He will be lucky to break even on deal to give him $1,500,000 outright, another $1,500,000 if group can market...
They are Paul Bender 3L, Robert T. Brown 2G, Alfred David 4G, Richard P. Dober 2GSD, John J. Keaney 4G, Robert H. Mundheim 3L, Glenn R. Murray, Jr. 3L, Roger B. Stein 3G, and Richard T. Vann...