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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When John Convey, a Canadian Department of Mines expert in the field, first heard of the nuclear scheme, he scoffed at it as "something of a Jules Verne story." Now he sees it as "a new type of mining." Indications last week were that the project is progressing. At the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission's Oak Ridge installation, tar sands were being tested to see whether the radioactivity will be held safely underground. The U.S. will probably agree to provide A-bombs for Canada to push the experiment...
Safety Air Seat. A new type of airline seat for protecting passengers in a crash has been adopted by Sabena Belgian World Airlines for use in its new Boeing 707 jets. The seat automatically tips backward on impact until the passenger's spine is nearly horizontal, thus putting his whole body in a better position to withstand the shock. Because of its lower center of gravity, the seat is also less likely to be ripped from the floor...
...material available, especially in the case of contemporary masters, as over half the works are of the twentieth century. Strauss, the founder of the Fine Arts Club, stated that "The exhibit is the first of its kind in several decades. Our aim is to stress the importance of this type of exhibition for two reasons--first, to show the great activity of Harvard in the art world, and second, to encourage collecting...
...your Dec. 29 cover the artist drew a Morgan-type silver dollar with a 1958 date. The last year the Morgan-type silver dollar was minted...
...Chairman John A. McCone to advise him suggested a solution. The Government would pay a major part of the costs of constructing prototype plants up to 80,000 kw. Whenever the AEC thought experience justified building a 200,000-to-5000,000-kw. plant of a particular type, it would tell industry so. Thereafter, industry normally would be expected to do the job alone. If no company came forward and the AEC was still convinced that the plant would hasten low-cost atomic power, the Government could pay a substantial part of the cost...