Word: tires
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...discredit the sheriff by forcing him to defend an "uppity" Negro. But the design gets out of hand when Tallant is shot by a shady associate. Dozer is suspected, and Sheriff Harper, trying to drive Dozer to safety in the next county, is killed when a slashed front tire blows...
...game was generally well-played, despite the heat, but both teams tended to tire late in the contest. The Crimson got away only one more shot on the goal than Williams. But midway in the final period, with the score at two-all, Harvard slowed and did not come out for the ball, allowing the Ephs to drive through the middle and did not come out for the ball, allowing the Ephs to drive through the middle for the winning score...
...with his stablemate, Career Boy, and steal France's famous Prix de 1'Arc de Tromphe horse race at Longchamps, C. V. Whitney's gallant little Fisherman sprinted away from the starting wire. Far back Career Boy, Eddie Arcaro aboard, waited for the front-runners to tire in Fisherman's wake...
FOLDAWAY SPARE TIRE, almost small enough to fit in glove compartment, will be brought out by Gates Rubber Co. Tire, which will last 1,000 miles, works like inner tube. After pulling flat tire from wheel, motorist loops Gates tire around rim, inflates it with carbon dioxide gas bottle in kit. Gates thinks tire will be boon to sportscar drivers who are cramped for luggage space...
...million aluminum plant at Point Comfort, Texas. Estimates are that the surging chemical and petrochemical industries will shoot up 70% by 1960, and the Gulf Coast will get much of the expansion. Texas alone will add $260 million worth of new plants in the next two years. Firestone Tire & Rubber is building a huge chemical plant at Orange, Texas; Dow Chemical is expanding its Freeport. Texas plant by $45 million, while Gulf Oil, Foster Wheeler Corp., Lake Charles Chemical Co., Buckeye Cellulose Corp., Coastal Chemical Corp., Union Carbide & Carbon are pouring in millions more for new facilities along the waterway...