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...possible that the six-year-old, $168 million generator keeps breaking down because she simply is too big and too complicated. After the 1970 trip-out, for example, engineers had to remove each of the 188,000 layers of sheet iron composing Allis' 325-ton stator, which surrounds the rotor, then rebuild the stator in an air-conditioned, dust-free enclosure, because of the sensitivity of the equipment...
Several key indicators show just how badly these inflationary settlements are hurting the U.S. Items: > Steel imports in May hit1,800,000 tons-an amount equal to 16% of the nation's overall steel market. The total was the second highest in history, topped only in August 1968, when customers were also hedging against a strike. > Sales of imported cars in June surged to a historic high of 149,000, capturing 16.1% of the U.S. market, or well over one-quarter more than a year ago. In the year's first six months, sales of Volkswagens dipped slightly...
...tragic end, the mission that resulted in the first human deaths in space-had recorded a series of major achievements. For nearly 24 days, the three cosmonauts had whirled around the earth in their huge, 175¾-ton Salyut space station performing scientific experiments, bantering with mission control, and even celebrating a birthday in orbit. On board both the Salyut and the attached Soyuz shuttle craft, all systems seemed to function flawlessly. Thus last week, when the cosmonauts were ordered to transfer to Soyuz and return to earth, there was little cause for apprehension...
...ordinarily choked with tankers waiting to off-load oil. Last week one such ship became a special attraction for vacationers at seaside motels. While moving through the narrow strait of Babel Mandeb (Gate of Tears), which separates the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, the 78,000-ton tanker Coral Sea had been attacked by a speedboat whose occupants fired ten bazooka shells at the unarmed vessel during a ten-minute pass...
...estimated $46.8 million, entitled his members to a rich raise. "We are going to get more because the coal industry can afford more," said Boyle. Among his early demands are a 35% hike in wages, to $50 a day, paid sick leave and doubling the 400 "royalty" on each ton of coal that mining companies must pay to the union pension fund. But few industry leaders expect that the miners will settle for even that package. If only to unite the membership, they fear, pro-Boyle forces in the union will force at least a short strike...