Word: pittsburgher
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Pittsburgh's Joy Manufacturing Co. managed to turn its profits around in the fourth quarter by such measures as slashing supervisory staff and closing eight obsolete plants...
...Many of last week's conventioneers plucked up their courage and jammed a bare finger against the whirring drill. It stopped without drawing blood or even causing pain. But shoved against bone or tissue that has been hardened by chalky deposits, the drill will cut with ease. One Pittsburgh surgeon has already used it to sculpture the delicate leaflets of an aortic valve (adjoining the heart) after they had been deformed by calcification. Because its lightness and small size permit pinpoint accuracy in bone sawing, the Hall drill is being recommended for other delicate procedures, such as work...
Conceived by Pittsburgh Oral Surgeon Robert M. Hall, and manufactured by Ohio's Aro Corp., the lightweight (6% oz.) device looks like one of the ultra-highspeed modern dental drills, and is driven by compressed air. The air power is a big safety factor; it permits surgeons to use the drill around explosive anesthetics without fear of sparks. But whereas most dental drills are controlled by a foot brake, the new model has a fingertip on-off control. It can turn up to 100,000 revolutions per minute and come to a dead stop in a fraction...
...previously reported $1,000,000); Richardson-Merrill, N.Y.C., $1,337,000 (instead of $155,000); Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, N.J., $1,011,000 (instead of $350,000); Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, listed as contributing an undisclosed amount, gave about $1,000,000; and H. J. Heinz Co., Pittsburgh, which was omitted from previous lists, gave...
...instance, just to point out the obvious, White Sales are this month! Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh is holding their annual drama competition right now. Just two years from next Sunday the American people will inaugurate a president...