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...whom he had escaped from East Germany seven years ago: a lightning-rod fitter named Rainer Kauschke, 24, and a tough, muscular carpenter named Gerd Uner, 22. Taking unpaid leaves from their jobs, the three each chipped in $1,000 for food and medical supplies, down-lined clothes, lightweight nylon ropes and 1,000 special pitons, designed by Kauschke. On the sheer slate and limestone of the "elevator," Siegert knew they would find few natural handholds; only the ropes and pitons would keep the three human flies from plunging to their deaths...
...decision to go global has been its effect on the U.S. tuna fishing industry. To meet the competition of Van Camp's foreign fleets, West Coast tuna fishermen began to abandon their time-wasting practice of "horsing in" tuna with poles, re-equipped their boats with nylon seines that cut costs and increased the catch. They also held down wage demands. As a result, despite its burgeoning foreign operations. Van Camp now buys more West Coast fish than before...
...limits of good taste and state laws from going any farther, sportswear designers have reinstated the one-piece suit. But with a difference. This year it is "the shiny wet look." Fashioned of black materials that are plastic-smooth and neon-bright-vinyl patent, stretch satin, and glistening nylon -the suits look dripping wet before the wearer touches toe to sea, thereby saving her the horror of actually going through with...
Next, Mazer set up a 17-man research and development staff that in two years turned out 15 new products, ranging from tough plastic and nylon typewriter ribbons to photocopy paper for use in the machines of rival manufacturers. To cut the time lag between idea and product, Old Town's research staff unabashedly called on the extensive laboratories of their big supplier companies for help. "A lot of small companies are afraid the big companies will steal their ideas," notes Mazer, "but actually they are very willing to help." Riegel Paper helped work out development problems...
House of Dior Couturier Marc Bohan puts the reverse culotte on everything from beach clothes to ball gowns, and makes slender tubes of evening dresses seem vaguely practical enough to go hiking in. German Model Brigitta Schmucker (see above) wears a silver-embroidered pale pink nylon net version...