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...pilot of an F-84 Thunderjet reported a sense of "befuddlement" on his first five flights, and a "tendency to overshoot in reaching out rapidly with his arm." On the remaining 25 flights he learned to anticipate his troubles. But famed Air Force Test Pilot Charles Yeager,at much higher altitudes, reported "serious disorientation in his 13th second of weightlessness." Yeager, writes Major Simons, "got the impression that he was spinning around slowly in no particularly defined direction. After 15 seconds he became lost in space and pulled out [of his flight pattern]. With his returning weight his badly needed...
...magazines compete fiercely. Satevepost pays a new writer $750 for his first piece, then jumps in steps of $250 to as high as $2,500, or even $3,000. Collier's averages $1,500 for an article, the Reader's Digest $2,000, but both magazines go higher. Editors also woo writers by other means, e.g., the Post specializes in "Fast service," tries to give a free-lancer "an answer on an article or an idea within 30 hours after receiving it. Digest Editor DeWitt Wallace often sends handsome bonuses to writers whose work he likes...
...great surprise, the Commerce Department announced last week that during 1955's first quarter, the U.S. gross national product had risen to an annual rate of $370 billion, equaling the old record set in the second quarter of 1953. Now the big question is: How much higher will it rise...
...Federal Reserve Board indicated that it expects gross national production to hit a total of $380 billion by year's end, almost $15 billion higher than the previous peak in 1953, and $23 billion better than...
Retail sales last week were 11% higher than a year ago, and consumers showed no signs of trimming their buying. The Federal Reserve Board reported that there are more people planning to buy cars, furniture and major household appliances this year than there were a year ago. And they expect to pay more for autos but less for other durable goods than last year's buyers. Consumers will spend an average of $2,700 for a new car v. $2,500 a year ago, while 1955's used-car buyers expect...