Word: niagara
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...steel hands used to the authoritative roar of a huge blast furnace, the new plant that began operating this week at Niagara Falls, Ont., neither looked nor sounded like an iron smeltery. The plant, owned by New York's Strategic Materials Corp., is the first commercial operation of a new smelting process that could open a new era for the steel industry. It could also lead to the quick building of a steel industry in underdeveloped countries. The smeltery is designed to take low-grade ores, contaminated ores, and ores so fine that they would choke a blast furnace...
...Santa Monica, he registered a 3-ft. breaker at 80 decibels from a distance of 50 ft., and noted that the high-pitched, cracking noise made by shrimp often climbed to 90 decibels. He unromantically recorded a measurement of 92 decibels on the trail near the bottom of Niagara Falls...
...them out of the earth's atmosphere. He sees little future for manned space exploration in Project Mercury, which uses a ballistic missile, which is shot like a bullet, has no wings and not much control after it is fired. "That's sort of like going over Niagara Falls in a barrel," says Draper. "You don't expect to find many people making a career of it." Draper's Instrumentation Lab has also designed on paper an unmanned payload to circle Mars and return to earth with photographs or other observations. "All that remains is to do it," says Draper...
Inhaling the crisp autumnal political air, Democrats around the country sensed victory. Kennedy was more exhilarated and confident than ever. His sweep into New York City last week was a Niagara of ticker tape and enthusiasm. By contrast, the Republican mood was splotched with dark worries. Dick Nixon's entrance into New York hardly got any notice. He spent the few days before Debate No. 4 holed up in his Waldorf suite, chairing strategy sessions. and making no effort to match crowds in Democratic Manhattan. Evidence of the Kennedy surge was growing: the polls and the reporters showed that...
From Los Angeles the private Pullman rolled to El Paso, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Niagara Falls, New York and Chicago, with leisurely, de luxe stopovers in each city. This week Tyler and friends headed for San Francisco and home. The whole excursion will cost the old porter about $15,000. Said Tyler: "I've got enough money left over to last me the rest of my life. But if I hit the Sweepstakes again in October, I'll hire another car and come back...