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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...expected," said Gilruth. "They only used about half to a third of the oxygen and water that we might have expected them to use." But why did Aldrin have so much trouble penetrating the lunar surface beyond a few inches with his core sampler? Why was he able to plant the stand for the solar wind experiment only a few feet away with such ease? Why did the blast from the LM's engine fail to carve out even a small crater...
...enthusiasm what he lacked in experience, Stefanski persuaded Stokes to start a massive effort to scrub the Cuyahoga, and hence aid Lake Erie. The proposed price tag: $100 million in bonds, to improve existing facilities and build 25 miles of trunk-line sewers plus a modern sewage treatment plant...
Most important of all is business's spending on new plant and equipment, which is the major thrust behind the 1969 inflation. Early in the year companies planned to spend some $73 billion on new facilities, or 14% more than last year. But tight money and prospects of less exuberant demand have begun to change boardroom thinking. The Business Council expects that spending will increase only 11% this year and probably much less in 1970. Robert Tyson, U.S. Steel's Finance Committee chairman, concedes that the scarcity of credit may force cutbacks...
Lower Yields. In general, only companies with earnings problems are actually cutting their 1969 spending. Chrysler Corp., whose earnings plunged 51% last quarter, has deeply slashed its $300 million capital-spending plans for 1969. At New Stanton, Pa., construction of a $200 million assembly plant was halted even as the steel was going up. B. F. Goodrich, which is trying to fatten earnings and fend off a takeover attempt by Northwest Industries, plans to trim its 1969 spending. So does International Harvester, which has scrapped plans to expand its network of offices around the country...
Still there is a remarkable absence of social distinction due to dress, speech, and habit. When you walk into a plant you can't tell who the manager is' he's dressed in construction boots and work clothes just like everybody else...