Word: united
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...your Aug. 16 notice concerning a parachute jump from a biplane by a Russian parachutist equipped with stopwatches, portable altimeters, warning buzzers and political tutors, etc.: I am not impressed. I am an Air Force parachutist with ... a large unit, and we jump regularly from all types of aircraft . . . Leaping . . . with a full fieldpack, a rifle, extra equipment plus a large, 75-lb. general-purpose container, makes the stoic little Russian's feat appear rather tame by comparison. But . . . this big tough Russian murmuring "Eto Nichevo," as he [disen tangled himself from] his warning buzzers and portable political tutors...
...long delay in settling the outcome of the Democratic primary was due to a close vote and Maryland's county-unit system. Initial returns gave Byrd 80 unit votes to 72 for his opponent, Paving Contractor George P. Mahoney, who contested the election, concentrating on two counties whose seven units would have brought him victory. Last week, when the Maryland Court of Appeals upheld the validity of the contested Byrd ballots in the two counties, Mahoney conceded...
...committee also turned up a new group of builders who had made millions in windfall profits. A whopping gain was made by Real Estate Dealer Alexander Hirsch and several other shareholders in Brooklyn's 2,496-unit Farragut Gardens apartments. Hirsch testified that the group had put up only $15,000 of its own money to receive an FHA-insured loan of almost $22 million. Since the project cost only $18 million, the promoters pocketed the $4,000,000 difference. A committee investigator who had looked over the apartments found leaking roofs, cracked plaster, and testified that unless extensive...
Portable Pig. A portable, electric disposal unit that sits in a sink and disposes of 1½ quarts of garbage in a minute or two was announced by James. Inc.. of Independence, Kans., maker of portable dishwashers. Water from the faucet pours through the top of the lightweight machine while blades churn the refuse, which is funneled down the drain. The James garbage disposer cleans itself, will not run with the top open. Price...
Graphic Answer. The main unit, a large analogue computer, is rigged so that it can handle a great variety of jobs...