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...stealthily surrounded the farmhouse and sat waiting for reinforcements. A barking dog alerted the bandits, and in the first exchange, two bullets caught Sabater in the foot and thigh. Sabater ordered Salas and his wife to safety in the attic, calmly dressed his own wounds with a first-aid kit he carried and, firing from windows, held off the green-uniformed policemen all afternoon. But troopers were converging on the farmhouse from every direction, and when darkness fell, the trapped bandit chief decided on a desperate gambit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Anarchist's End | 1/18/1960 | See Source »

...Yourself Christmas Tree. Six-foot Christmas trees with removable fir boughs that can be assembled at home were developed by Oregon Beauty Christmas Tree Co. for Montgomery Ward stores. The trees come in a kit containing 46 fireproofed Douglas fir boughs and a drilled wooden trunk into which the boughs are stuck to create a perfectly shaped tree. Price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Products, Dec. 21, 1959 | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

...Renwal's Visible Man. A 16-in.-tall clear-plastic assembly kit of the human body from skin to skeleton, with veins, arteries, bones and body organs, Renwal's man can be taken apart and put together again. List price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAIL TRADE: The Magic Market | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

...Revell Inc.'s Westinghouse Atomic Power Plant. The build-it-yourself kit includes a reactor, steam generator, and power-transmitting equipment. List price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAIL TRADE: The Magic Market | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

Blips & Survival. At .0615, Kittinger climbed onto a flat-bed truck and squeezed into a small gondola that was strung from a huge plastic balloon. Harnessed on his back was an elaborate instrument kit (14-channel tape recorder for voice, heartbeat and respiration rates, time blips, temperature, etc.). On his left wrist were a rear-view mirror, a small box with built-in altimeter and stopwatch, and a survival knife and scabbard. To one leg was strapped a tiny receiver-transmitter radio, and on his back were two parachutes and an alternate oxygen system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Descent to the Future | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

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