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Lockheed confirmed the theory by building an experimental wing at its Burbank, Calif. plant and duplicating the explosion conditions. The cure was as simple as the cause of the crash had been tough to pin down: Lockheed installed a flame-arrester screen on the vent pipe openings of all its planes, thus hopefully eliminating another opportunity for St. Elmo's fire to turn from a good omen to tragedy...
...checked the pin position on the 17th green when I was playing 15. I hit my tee shot as long as possible. I hit my second so it would carry over the trap but hold up before it skidded past the hole. I left myself a 25-ft. putt, uphill. I had to hit it hard to go in for a birdie...
...ready to hit it, I thought of my father. It happens millions of times when I have a tough shot. He kept saying to me: 'Just take it back slow and it will come off. Slow and deliberate.' The six-iron hit to the right of the pin, spun around and almost hit the cup. It was six feet from the hole. I was lining up the putt, trying to get a few breaths of fresh air?like I was spending a nice day in the country. The putt dropped for my winning birdie...
When he was discharged in 1954, Palmer went for the big time in the U.S. Amateur. Playing in the finals against onetime British Amateur Champion Bob Sweeny, Palmer rolled a soft, putt dead just three inches from the pin on the 36th green for the shot that won the match. At long last, the childhood fancy was fact: the announcers were saying that Arnold Palmer of Latrobe, Pa. was the new U.S. Amateur champion...
Elgin's troubles began in the mid-'50s, when imported watches began to cut into the sales of its expensive ($35-$150) watches, and a sudden surge in the sales of lower-priced pin-lever (i.e., non-jeweled ) watches captured 45% of the market. At first, Elgin tried to offset its watch losses by diversifying into electronics and abrasives. That failing. President James Shennan called bright, aggressive Sylvester Moorman, 46, to Elgin...