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...rocket engine in the tail boomed the experimental NF-104A jet Starfighter up to 90,000 ft. and the edge of space. Then disaster. The craft went into a flat spin and plummeted out of control. In the cockpit, Air Force Colonel Charles (Chuck) Yeager, 40, first man to fly faster than sound and currently C.O. of the Edwards test-pilot school, stayed with the violently whirling plane, trying to bring it out of the spin. Only at 6,000 ft. did he give up and eject, parachuting minutes later onto the Mojave Desert with burns on the left side...
...last week showed signs of returning to health. Among the best indicators were textile share prices, which closed 50% above their 1958 lows. Since last spring, Burlington Industries has gone from 9½ to 14½, Dan River Mills from 9⅛ to 14⅛, M. Lowenstein & Sons from nf to 15, J. P. Stevens from...
...unnumbered undershirt and baggy slacks, the pudgy, 49-year-old Spaniard looked more like a masseur than an ath lete. Felix Erauzquin picked up a javelin, held it behind his back, spun around twice, and let it go. The javelin traveled 273 ft. 6 in.-only nf in. short of the world's record...
...fear for the company's future prodded the Kearney family into selling their half of K. & T. Instead it was the fear of much stiffer capital-gains taxes this year. By getting out nf hours before 1941's end, the Kearneys pay only 1941 tax rates on the huge sale. To help the ladies under the wire, Blyth & Co. (with co-underwriters The Wisconsin Co.) handed over the cash before they had sold a single share of stock. Their gallant risk panned out. This week investors were anteing $5,249,200 for the 198,083 K. & T. shares...
...voltage nf natural lightning rises above 100,000,000, with an air leap of more than...