Word: tiring
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Challenger Jimmy Carter, a unanimous 15-round decision over Lightweight Champion Lauro Salas, to regain the title he lost to Salas last May; in Chicago. Salas, planning to keep his crown the same way he won it-by covering up in the early rounds and letting Carter tire-never got a chance to try such tactics. Carter blasted his way in, hurt Salas in Rounds 3 & 7, was the aggressor in all rounds except Nos. 11 & 12, when Salas rallied. Toward the end, far ahead on points, Carter coasted to victory...
...then went to a Square garage where his Cadillac was stored. He found it had a flat tire, and was told by garage attendants that the flat couldn't be repaired until morning. He left a suitcase in the car, then went to Cronin's Restaurant where he cashed a check for $25. This was the last time he was seen...
During World War II, Akron's Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. got plenty of experience operating Government-owned plants. Among them: three synthetic rubber plants, two of which it still runs, and a big aircraft factory which turned out 4,000 Navy Corsair fighters. Last week Goodyear got its biggest Government job: running the Atomic Energy Commission's $1.2 billion uranium-235 plant in Pike County, Ohio (TIME, Aug. 25). Though Goodyear had no experience with atomic energy, AEC figured that it did know a lot about the continuous-flow operations used in atomic energy plants, could learn...
...building. There is a radical new air-conditioning system that cools like a radiant-heating plant; cold water is pumped through small pipes, thus eliminating cumbersome air ducts. And the windows are a window washer's delight. Each one is surrounded by an air-filled rubber tire. When the air is let out, the window spins on its axis for easy cleaning. After washing, the tires are blown up again from a small compressed-air tank trundled around on a cart...
...Neil does not plan to make the same mistake that Powel Crosley made. He will not try to buck the auto market; instead, he will use the plant space for his booming defense business. And for all the diversification, O'Neil plans to keep General Tire in the business it knows best. Of its $171 million sales in 1951 (and $7 million net), 85% came from rubber...