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...Deke" Parsons special care during those five hours was a mechanical marvel nicknamed "Little Boy." A vaguely cylindrical device, it measured 129 in. long, 31½ in. in diameter, weighed 9,700 Ibs. Four antennas bristled from its tail; its tungsten-steel nose glistened; on its grey flanks were scrawled obscene greetings to Emperor Hirohito...
...cord linking Little Boy and the Enola Gay, the bomb was "final"-a mighty instrument of war. Four minutes from the unsuspecting target city, Parsons threw the toggle switch that put Little Boy on its own battery power. At 0915 on that sunny August morning, Little Boy fell free, tail ticking. Four clocks, four barometric switches, four radar rigs inside Little Boy measured the fall. After 15 long seconds, Little Boy began listening for the faint echoes of its own radar signals to earth. On the igth echo-800 ft. above the rooftops of Hiroshima-a powder charge sent...
Masonic Secrecy. The model changes, as usual, were treated with the secrecy of a Masonic initiation. But it was an open secret that only Cadillac and Lincoln will be content with a minor facelift. Chevrolet has a completely new rear end. The rounded gull-wing tail is gone, replaced by outflaring V-shaped fins. General Motors' 1959 Chevy will also be lower, has a big increase in glass area, new grille and bumpers...
Ford will have new bumpers and fenders, more pronounced fins, round instead of oval tail lights. The grille is new to avoid last year's cheese-grater effect. The new Ford look: "quiet refinement...
...jetlike tail fin with a smooth flare...