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...Administration tried desperately to twist loose. From Walter Reed Hospital came word that President Eisenhower was willing to accept a compromise $500 million increase for the Air Force. As for foreign aid, Republican leaders could only hope that the Senate would heed its own Foreign Relations Committee and slash Administration requests by no more than $400 million this week...
...Faced with far more eligible candidates than the nation's lycées could possibly handle, French educational authorities decided to slash the number by giving the toughest entrance examinations in history. They succeeded only too well. This month 200,000 eleven-year-olds were forced to answer questions on André Gide, to analyze passages from Gabriel Hanotaux, and to solve problems such as: "A group of passengers contributed 850 francs each to rent a bus. Six withdrew, so the price was raised by 210 francs each. How many people finally formed the group?"* The result...
Lithe and trim at 178 Ibs., Patterson gave away 15 Ibs. to Jackson and came out slugging with both hands. He darted under the amazing (80-in.) reach of Jackson to slash right and left hands to the head. It was like punching a bowling ball. Jackson (193½ Ibs.) merely blinked, plowed forward. Patterson was so eager that he frequently resorted to amateurish tricks, even tried leaping-kangaroo right hand leads that would have invited destruction from a smarter opponent...
...Blowproof Tire. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is test-marketing a nylon cord tire within a tire that it says can be driven about 250 miles after a puncture or blowout bad enough to slash the casing. The tire has two casings-inner and outer-each with an independent air supply. If the outer casing is punctured, the built-in-spare inner casing keeps the tire inflated. Goodyear hopes its Captive-Air tire will replace the tubeless tire, which turns punctures into slow leaks and allows a safe but quick stop. Price: 40%-60% more than standard tubeless tires...
Fashion Tabulator. Remington Rand has developed an electronic ordering and tabulating system for Jonathan Logan, Inc., women's apparel manufacturer, says it will slash as much as two weeks from the order-production-delivery cycle. In the showroom, buyers' orders are recorded on punch cards, transcribed to manufacturing tickets, speeded to cutting rooms. The electronic system spots buying trends, permits producers to concentrate on their best-sellers and to drop the slow-moving also-rans...