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...these defects, unless completely corrected, could have brought disaster to Thresher. Rear Admiral Charles J. Palmer, Portsmouth yard commander, testified that all inspection reports seemed "satisfactory." Angered,Vice Admiral Bernard L. Austin, presiding over the board of inquiry, snapped: "There is a difference between 'satisfactory' and 'satisfactory without a shadow of a doubt.' " Palmer agreed and admitted that his shipyard sometimes "took on new jobs without adequate lead time, and without knowledge of availability of material, and underestimated work time." That, he agreed, might be called "unsatisfactory...
...sonar "protuberances" might be the hull of Thresher. The bathyscaph Trieste, capable of plumbing depths of 35,000 feet, arrived in Boston, from where it would be shipped to seek the submarine's grave. And, for whatever reassurance it might be to men who serve aboard nuclear submarines, Rear Admiral Ralph K. James, head of the Navy Bureau of Ships, said that his experts were reviewing the design of Thresher class submarines-"to see if there is some little thing we may have overlooked...
...because he is willing to work for peanuts. Everything that can possibly go wrong, does. At one point, while Capannelle keeps an eye peeled for the polizia, another member of the gang steals a parked car, drives exactly eleven inches, feels a mighty thump, realizes red-faced that one rear wheel is gone-the car was standing on a jack. In the end, Capannelle & Co. cop the swag, a matter of 80 million lire ($130,000), but only by dumb luck. They stow it in a suitcase and the suitcase in a baggage room. The check-"Hey!" hollers Gassman. "What...
...illustrious names in the annals of luxury automobiles. A Daimler was the first motorcar owned by a King of England (Edward VII), and was known for decades as "the car of royalty." Designed primarily to be chauffeur-driven, it has an electrically controlled glass partition between front and rear seats, and the doors open to a full 90° angle, revealing a concealed step for easy entrance and exit. A 4½-liter V-8 engine provides a top speed of 114 m.p.h. The price...
...Eleven are remarkably similar. Roughly one-half as big as a Boeing 707, both planes have two fanjet engines mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, cruise at about 550 m.p.h. and accommodate up to 83 passengers. Price: in the $2,500,000 to $3,000,000 bracket. The big difference is that the BAC One-Eleven will make its maiden flight in June; the DC-9 will not be ready to fly before 1965. And the British have already sold 41 One-Elevens, including twelve to Braniff, while Douglas does not yet have a single order...