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...world's largest tanker, the 104,500-ton (loaded) Universe Apollo. The first of five planned supertankers, the Universe surpasses the largest previous bulk carriers, Ludwig's 85,000-ton tankers. With a length of 950 ft. and a beam of 135 ft., Universe Apollo is the widest merchant ship afloat, and the third longest (ranking after the Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mary...
Missouri's Harry S. Truman, back in 1948 form ("I just tell the truth, and they think it's hell"), showed off his widest swings for an intimate, friendly audience of 2,300 in Wilmington, Del. "Eisenhower went to Korea and surrendered to the Communists," he said. The Administration has lost most U.S. friends abroad "by doublecrossing them at every turn in the road." He also paid his tribute to Vice President Nixon for campaigning with "verbal garbage...
...first ten days of display, with production lagging a month behind 60,000 new orders. It was the fastest start ever for Buick. Cadillac also reported much higher sales and orders than a year ago. Pontiac hopes to boost its 5% share of the market by offering the widest wheelbase in the G.M. line and probably in the whole industry. This means Pontiac '59s will be roomier inside, easier to control than the '58s, hold the road better. Pontiac broadened its wheelbase by 5 in. to 64 in. v. Ford's 59 in., Plymouth...
...attained the wide popularity of that musical Kipling, Sir Edward Elgar, but international professionals respected Vaughan Williams as the more important musician. And all England loved him as Sir Malcolm Sargent described him: "A darling fat man walking about clasping a bowler hat to his tummy and wearing the widest trousers in Christendom...
...Sviatoslav Richter; Soviet State Radio Orchestra, conducted by Kurt Sanderling; Monitor). Thanks to skillful transfer of technically mediocre Soviet tapes to high-quality American matrices, this record stands out as the best yet released in America of fabled Sviatoslav Richter (TIME, June 16), probably the most versatile, widest-ranged pianist alive. Equaling Horowitz's technique, Rubinstein's poetry, Serkin's sensitivity, he makes even Saint Saens' Piano Concerto No. 5, on the other side, seem vivid and important...