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...cause seemed clear: radon, a dense gas that emanates from uranium, is highly radioactive and breaks down into products that are radioactive too. If there are more than 300 micromicrocuries of radioactive material per liter of air in a mine, the mine is officially rated unsafe. Investigators found air in 50% of the uranium mines in Colorado and Arizona contaminated by four to five times the safe level of radiation. In one mine, they counted 47,000 micromicrocuries per liter...
Light & Low. By 1958, Cooper cars were fast enough to win an occasional Grand Prix. This year Coventry Climax developed a special four-cylinder, 2.5 liter, Grand Prix engine, and the Coopers started showing their tail pipes to all comers. Car and engine are designed for twisting Grand Prix courses. The Climax engine delivers only 240 h.p. v. 290 h.p. for the Ferrari, can produce less speed on long, straight stretches. But the Climax delivers relatively higher power at medium speeds; in addition, the Cooper uses magnesium castings for many components, making it far lighter than the Ferrari...
...super-powered 1.7-liter midget racing car, designed for level, oval tracks, had only one gear, seemed hopelessly outclassed on the looping, hilly mile-and-a-half course. But after his mechanics had lowered his single-gear ratio to get more speed, husky Rodger Ward, 38, needed only the same heavy foot that won him this year's Indianapolis 500 to lead the pack across the finish line in a 150-mile free-formula race at Lime Rock, Conn...
What separated the men from the boys was the definition of moderation. "To many Frenchmen," said the committee, "to drink moderately means to absorb two, three or four liters of wine a day." The Academy of Medicine suggested that one liter (1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts) should be enough, but the committee went further, urged that nobody exceed a liter...
...Ferraris into giving chase. Last year this stunt made wrecks of the bright red Italian cars; they burned out before they really got into the race. This year California's Phil Hill and his co-driver, Belgium's Olivier Gendebein, played it smart: they kept their 3-liter Ferrari well back in the pack. And they saw the field thin rapidly as they nursed their car along. Last year's winning Jaguars, their engines cut down to meet the new 3-liter limit, began to fail after 15 minutes. Moss rattled to a stop within three hours...