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...certain that I detect a slight imbalance in Secretary Goldberg's scale [cover picture, Sept. 22], or at least in Artist Chaliapin's portrayal of that scale. On the other hand, the Secretary seems to be tilting his head toward the lighter...
...P.I.E. truck was a power plant that marked a long step forward in U.S. engine design; the V8-265 Vine diesel turned out by Cummins Engine. Co. of Columbus, Ind. Built on a new (for diesels) over-square* design, the Vine is as much as 44% smaller and lighter than other comparable diesels. As a result, it will not only give truckers more miles to the gallon, but will also allow them to carry up to 10% extra payload without violating state weight and length limits...
...same explosive yield. Strong evidence for this speculation is the powerful booster rocket that the Russians are now using so effectively for their space spectaculars. The big rockets were developed at great cost because they were needed to carry very heavy loads. The U.S.. which had lighter H-bombs in prospect, was slow to concentrate on giant rockets. Little is known about other Russian nu clear weapons, but presumably the Soviets have most of the types that are now operational...
...market: Anaconda Aluminum, Harvey Aluminum and Ormet Corp., a subsidiary of Olin Mathieson. At the same time, the plastics industry has developed new products to compete with aluminum in pleasure boats, packaging and auto trim. And steel has started to offset aluminum's inroads by bringing out lighter, tougher and cheaper alloys and tin plates...
...PACKAGING: While U.S. Steel's new. lighter tin plate put a dent in the aluminum can market, the aluminum men came back with aluminum labels for bottles, aluminum tops for soapboxes, and aluminum-coated cardboard containers for bottles (that are said to keep beer cold twice as long...