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Dates: during 1950-1959
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FIRST POWER REACTOR built completely by U.S. private industry has been licensed by AEC to start operating in San Francisco area. The boiling-water reactor, made by General Electric Co., late this year will begin supplying 5,000 kw. (enough to serve a city of 15,000) to Pacific Gas & Electric...
Bugs. The titanium industry was born with the jet age. To reach a goal of 15,000 tons of titanium mill products by 1957 (an amount that will not be needed for years), the Government encouraged five companies to start making the metal. Shoved along too fast, the untried metal soon developed many bugs. The first unalloyed titanium proved too brittle in aircraft; it tore easily, and fatigued at temperatures above 900°F. One 200,000-lb. batch was thrown out because it was-too hard to machine. Titanium parts in engines failed in flight...
Some makers are already off to a good start in taking their eggs out of the military basket. This year's civilian orders are up 600% for Rem-Cru Titanium Inc., owned jointly by Remington Arms Co. and Crucible Steel Co. of America. The total is still small, but a few big contracts are beginning to roll in. Last week Freeport Sulphur Co. ordered about $500,000 worth of titanium tubing from Titanium Metals Corp. of America to carry a highly corrosive ore slurry at Freeport's new nickel and cobalt mine in Cuba...
FORD'S EDSEL is off to a fast start. On first sales day, company took orders for 6,649 cars, and more than 2,500,000 auto fans went to showrooms to view new model. Present production, level: more than...
COLOR-TV SALES are doing so well after slow start that RCA will bring out five new models, expand its line to 16. RCA says sales are 200% over last year, but mass market is still far from being tapped...