Word: patterson
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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INDIANAPOLIS, April 27--Their heavy-weight title fight only four days off, Champion Floyd Patterson and challenger Brian London honed themselves to a fine training edge in drills yesterday...
...York transit deal would be a big gamble for Roy Chalk. His offer has been received cautiously by most of the city brass except Transit Boss Charles Patterson, who favors it. Last week Chalk relaxed his terms by pledging to keep the 15? subway fare so long as the city guarantees him an after-tax profit of 6½%. As usual, he was mum about who was putting up the bulk of his bankroll. Grinned O. Roy Chalk: "I'm a poor man -never have more than 50 bucks with me. The big thing is, I know where...
...months ago, 32 finalists began to file into Lovelace Clinic in Albuquerque, from there went on to the Aero Medical Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton for more tests. For two weeks they were jolted, spun, vibrated, crushed, chilled and roasted in physical and psychological tests simulating the stresses of space flight. Each man was set to hiking on a treadmill that was elevated one degree per minute, and to pedaling increasing amounts of weight on a bikelike device. Each was whirled for 3½ minutes in a centrifuge speeding at various angles that simulated pressures...
...Christ. Born: Mitchell, Ind.; graduated Purdue University, '50 (mechanical engineering). "Gus" Grissom broke in as a World War II air cadet, then went back to school, rejoined in 1950, flew 100 Korean combat missions (D.F.C., two Air Medals). Later he took advanced work in aeronautical engineering at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio, became a test pilot, logged up 3,200 flight hours (2,100 in jets). Says he: "My career has been in service to my country, and here is another opportunity to serve...
Rebounding from a first-quarter loss last year, United Air Lines announced that it will show a profit this year on the basis of "record revenues." Said President W. A. Patterson: "The unprecedented traffic was partly due to the improvement in economic conditions generally and the gradually heavier use of air travel for business reasons...