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...level sensor that it is now being used on nuclear submarines to detect sea water in the launching tubes of Polaris missiles and in the ground-fueling system for some liquid-fueled missiles. Rod also envisions nonmilitary use of his device, has sold an ultrasonic measuring device to Du Pont for chemical gauging, another liquid-level sensor to a utility to measure the water level in a high-temperature boiler. Says Rod: "You have to keep pushing...
...with a growing practice, the president of the city council is a Procter & Gamble Co. division manager and the head of the village planning commission is assistant to the president of a manufacturing firm. In Philadelphia's suburban Swarthmore, the town council includes a Philadelphia banker, a Du Pont engineer, the president of a pipeline company and a retired executive of Swarthmore College...
...Jones average do not really reflect what has happened to these stocks. For months the blue chips have in general shown little or no gain, and many have lost ground. In the past year Standard Oil (N.J.) has dropped from 51¼ to 40¾, Du Pont from 25⅜ to 204¾, General Motors from 50⅜ to 44, Anaconda from 63¾ to 50. While the blue chips have been down, many of the growth stocks have been really scooting (see chart...
...consulting psychiatrist confirmed that the man was "allergic to supervision"; he was put to work in a position of responsibility-by himself-and the pains disappeared. The boss may often appear as a maniacal tyrant to the worker who is grappling with his own problems. When a pretty Du Pont receptionist complained bitterly to Dr. Gordon about her boss, he discovered that she had a personal problem, suggested a way to solve it. Later, with her problem solved, she called Dr. Gordon to ask if he had talked to her boss (he had not), because "he's suddenly...
...face reality by being required to do his work the same as other workers. Dr. Gordon's theory is that expecting him to do as well as others inspires a certain confidence, gives him the feeling that his world is being held together while he recuperates. Du Pont tried this system on one worker who was losing 60 working days a year through nausea. When efforts to find the trouble failed, psychiatrists and his supervisor set up a realistic performance standard, insisted that he keep to it. The worker warned his boss that the strain would bring...