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...firing line at Camp Perry, Ohio, the pigtailed blonde in striped shorts wiggled comfortably into prone position on the tarp, and consulted a makeshift wind gauge built of a bent coat hanger, a spent cartridge shell and a bit of nylon hose. Then, tucking the butt of a .22-cal. Winchester Special into her right shoulder, she began perforating the nickel-sized bull's-eye in the target 50 yds. off. With all this to watch, her male competitors in last week's National Smallbore Rifle Championships could scarcely keep their minds on the range. "Not only...
...cautious housewife locked all three doors to her house, kept the key on a chain around her neck. The town had been terrified by the brutal drowning of blond Andrew Ashley, 3, who was found floating in the nearby Delaware Park lake, hands and feet tied with nylon stockings. Recalling two similar but nonfatal kidnapings of North Buffalo children during the past two months, a local psychiatrist concluded. "This is the reaction of a person who has become extremely jealous, perhaps as a result of the loss of her own child." But when police finally picked up a likely suspect...
...must stock up on food (Armour & Co. now markets a variety of lightweight, dehydrated foods that require no refrigeration) and cooking utensils. A nested set of aluminum skillets, bowls, cups, etc., sells for about $8, and a knife-fork-spoon combination that clips together costs 70?. A length of nylon line is handy for lashing bedrolls and tents. Flashlights and spare batteries should be packed, as well as a small kerosene lamp, books, matches in a waterproof case, first-aid kit, candle, knife, hatchet, bucket, small trench shovel, mosquito repellent, aluminum foil, toilet paper, foul-weather clothing, cameras, binoculars...
...rebuttal, nylon makers emphasize the tensile strength that gives nylon greater resistance than rayon to severe impacts -especially at the high temperatures generated by turnpike driving. And though independent research seems to suggest that Tyrex is strong enough to withstand any normal driving hazard, the nylon message has reached the motorist's ear. In the first quarter of this year, nylon won more than half (51.9%) of the replacement tire market, though it made only the slightest of inroads (from 1.3% to 1.6%) in the new-car business...
Dark Horses. Tire manufacturers have an unstated leaning toward nylon, partly because the public is willing to pay up to 10% more for nylon tires. They would also like to see an end to the fight so that they will no longer have to stock duplicate sets of tires. Seiberling Rubber Co. has tried to compromise with a combined nylon-rayon tire that, the company insists, has the advantages of both cords and the disadvantages of neither. Ironically, both nylon and rayon may lose out in the end. Experiments by tire-company researchers suggest that Dacron, Fiberglas or steel...