Word: pre
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lady is a fin-tailed, mahogany-plywood motorboat called Slo-Mo-Shun IV, slightly faster than her younger sister, Slo-Mo-Shun V, and holder of the world straightaway speed record of 178.497 m.p.h. With Slo-Mo V disabled by a pre-race accident last week, Slo-Mo IV had to hold off five Detroit challengers for speedboating's most prized trophy, the Gold Cup, won last year and in 1950 by the old lady, in 1951 by the young lady...
...Steel, which has made pre- fabricated wooden houses (Gunnison) since 1944, now hopes to make a big dent in the U.S. housing market with steel models. At a big, new $5,500,000 plant near Harrisburg, Pa., Big Steel will soon turn out 4-ft.-wide steel panels with built-in insulation, and other parts that can be used to assemble complete houses, hospital buildings and schools...
...copper from its null stockpile, and Chile, which has kept 65,000 tons off the market in fond hopes of getting 36? a Ib., now is anxiously ready to sell at the world price. In the U.S., copper futures contracts have already fallen as low as 26? a Ib. (pre-Korea copper sold...
...Columbus, Ohio, a fully prefabricated, 74,000-sq.-ft. structure was being put up in 50 working days as an exhibition building for the Ohio State Fair. Parts for the rigid steel framework were carried to the site and riveted together, and 204 pre-finished concrete panels, measuring up to 8 by 10 ft., were bolted to the steel to form walls. The panels were made by the Marietta Concrete Corp., which in three years has made slabs (two layers of concrete sandwiching a 1½-in. layer of Fiberglas insulation) for 25 large buildings...
Rolled Sheet. The first pre-packaged rolls of sheet metal for do-it-yourself householders were put on sale by Illinois Zinc Co. Made of a nonrusting zinc and copper alloy, the sheet metal can be used for roof and gutter repairs, etc. Price: $1 for a 12-by 30-in. roll...