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...preside at pro-Nixon gatherings throughout the state, whether strategy sessions or crossroads rallies. Personable Wes Powell's sweeping sense of authority was evident as he chaired his first board of directors' meeting; behind him hung a chart showing the Governor at the top of the organizational pyramid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Out of the Tent | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

Alone in his boat, the burly driver was grinning like a schoolboy. On a trial run, his speedometer had climbed past 260 m.p.h. as he shot his new jet-powered, aluminum-hulled Tempo-Alcoa over the startling blue surface of Nevada's Pyramid Lake. Driver Les Staudacher knew that the sleek water monster he had designed was ready for an official try at the world record of 260.35 m.p.h. held by Britain's Donald Campbell and his Bluebird...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Flight over Pelican Point | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

...Then he cut the engine. Two miles ahead, a small peninsula called Pelican Point jutted out into the water. The distance seemed safe enough. The boat had earlier slowed from 260 m.p.h. to a stop in less than a mile. But now a sudden breeze stirred sharp ruffles on Pyramid Lake. The chop broke the normal suction grabbing at the hull, turned the water into a fast-running surface. Tempo-Alcoa did not slow, instead seemed to take off at a speed that made the rudder all but useless. Says Staudacher: "It was like skidding on ice. When...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Flight over Pelican Point | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

...wish to call your attention to the fact that the original Great Wallendas are not retired as your Oct. 5 article suggests. Not only are the original Waliendas performing today (Karl and Herman), but they are still doing their seven-people, three-high pyramid. BILLY BARTON (Mr. Sensation) Greencastle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 26, 1959 | 10/26/1959 | See Source »

Evans built his pyramid with cold cash. When he won control of a company, he nurtured it until it began to generate cash, then used the cash to buy yet another company. In the first quarter Porter's sales rose from last year's $32 million to $52 million, its profits from 51? per share to $1.30, after a merger with one of its subsidiaries. For Crane, Tom Evans hopes to turn a similar trick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Heirloom Collector | 5/11/1959 | See Source »

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