Word: weathers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...five sons on Okinawa learned that he was missing. Risner's flight of six F-105 Thunderchiefs, said the official report, had streaked off on a late-morning mission against a "military target" near the Phu De Van Chan mountain range, 80 miles northwest of Hanoi. The weather was clear, visibility good, and the jets dumped three tons of bombs on the site. But the airmen had to brave a murderous curtain of ground fire from mounted .50-cal. machine guns and 37-mm. cannon. Risner's jet and that of another pilot were hit. Desperately, they headed...
...good reasons for bringing 20 African queen bees into his native Brazil nine years ago. Though it is known to be ferocious, the African bee produces 30% more honey than either the Italian or German bee that long dominated Brazilian beekeeping: it will even work and make honey in weather that slows down other bees. Besides, Kerr planned to crossbreed his Africans to Produce a more gentle bee. What he got instead was a bee with a disposition so nasty that it now threatens the lives and livelihood of almost every beekeeper in eight states of Brazil-to say nothing...
...week's end, as the hurricane knocked itself out over the Mississippi Valley, the Weather Bureau announced that the name Betsy, used once before as a storm designation, will be retired for at least ten years "because of this hurricane's infamy...
Reaching Deep. The common denominator for most Bendix activity is the company's specialization in guidance and control systems. Some Bendix control component is a part of every major missile in the U.S. arsenal. With Boeing, Bendix has developed an all-weather computerized navigation and landing system for jets; it has also developed special roving vehicles for unmanned exploration of the moon and a moving lunar laboratory (MOLAB) out of which astronauts will operate while on the moon...
...says Author Troebst, in the event of catastrophe, nothing is so important for survival as native wit and will. He recalls the case of Ralph Flores and Helen Klaben, who ingeniously contrived to survive for 50 days without food in freezing winter weather after their plane crashed in Canada. Even more ingenious were Viryl and Laura Scott, who in 1959 set off with their six children on an excursion into the Grand Canyon, foolishly turned off the main road onto a little-used sidetrack. There the car broke down. They were 50 miles from the nearest town, and the temperature...