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...Napalm is gasoline chemically thickened or "jellied" so that it will spread over the ground while burning, instead of going up in an instantaneous whoosh, as ordinary gasoline would. The first satisfactory thickener found during experiments in World War II was a mixture of aluminum naphthenate and certain fatty compounds from coconuts, hence the name "napalm" (nap from naphthenate, and palm referring to the coconuts). In Korea, napalm is carried under the wings of Air Force, Navy and Marine tactical planes, in containers of 100 or 150 gallons, and is set off (when the containers hit the ground) by white...
...time at all, the Navy and Air Force began firing orders at Aerojet and the company took off with a whoosh itself. Within 18 months, it got six Government loans to expand, still needed more cash. It got it from General Tire & Rubber Co. (which liked Aerojet so much that it now owns 81% of its stock...
...sixth anniversary of the liberation of Paris last week, the air over the French capital was filled with the whoosh of jet fighters. At an airfield, loudspeakers barked out flight orders in a mixture of English and French: "Castor Bleu, scramble . . . Cobra Jaune, en readiness dans quatre minutes" For three days, 450 planes of the Dutch, Belgian, British and French air forces, supplemented by U.S. B-29s, carried out Western Union's first air maneuvers. Exulted a French colonel: "Today there is actually a European air force . . . Maybe we're just a little ahead of the politicians...
...foot boa constrictor slithered out of the Panama jungle one night last week, writhed up a high-tension-line tower along the Panama Railroad track, then glided onto a cable. Forty-four thousand volts surged through the serpent in a whoosh of flame, cremated it within two watch-ticks. As the boa's charred body tumbled down, lights blinked off for a quarter hour along the Pacific side of the Canal Zone. Power failed for three minutes at the great locks of the Panama Canal, then surged back as automatic emergency equipment went to work. It was the Canal...
Spring, which normally perks up the U.S. auto industry's sales, this year brought such a skyrocketing whoosh that automen rubbed their eyes in amazement. The customers were more surprised. Only a few months ago they could have bought all but a few makes from almost any dealer's floor. By last week the rush for new cars was so heavy that buyers will have to wait as long as three months for the most popular makes...