Word: roses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Jupiter take-off from Cape Canaveral last week was routine. The fat, 60-ft. IRBM rose from its pad, climbed through thin clouds, curved toward the southeast and vanished among the stars. No one was surprised; of the 20 Army Jupiters fired so far, only one has failed...
...medical men intently watched the graphs. Abie's pulse quickened from a normal 140 beats per second to 175 during acceleration. But for Abie's nine long minutes of weightlessness, her pulse was normal and steady. Under the 38-g stress of reentry, it rose to 222-high, but within acceptable bounds...
April contracts for future construction rose 31% over a year ago to $3.8 billion, setting a new April record. With construction contracts running 22% ahead of last year for 1959's first four months, industry leaders were upping their forecasts, now expect a gain of up to 13% over the 1958 construction total. Machine-tool orders in April rose to $53.4 million over March's $51.5 million...
...auto industry showed no signs of braking. May sales rose to an estimated 520,000 or about 4% above April. Despite a tapering-off from April, Detroit poured out 545,000 new cars in May, building up stocks in case of a steel strike. The industry estimated that cars in dealers' hands rose to 900,000, highest in three years, but carmakers did not seem worried so long as sales were still climbing. They plan no major cutback in production until the end of July. The good performance so far this year-some experts predict...
CORPORATE PENSION FUNDS rose $2.8 billion last year to record $22.1 billion. Companies added $1.2 billion in common stocks to portfolios, raised amount of funds in common stocks...