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...rich Williston Basin, a Shell Oil Co. wildcat crew last week brought in a well near Baker, Mont. that gushed oil at the rate of 4,253 barrels a day. It was the richest well yet drilled in the basin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: Williston Gusher | 6/1/1953 | See Source »

...jobs, and 24.8 in. shorter, partly by virtue of vertical steel strips replacing the usual horizontal bumpers. Its souped-up engine develops 250 h.p.† Oldsmobile's low-slung Starfire convertible has a panoramic windshield extending around and past the door opening. Buick's 50.4-in.-high Wildcat, of black fiber glass with a green leather seat, has front-wheel disk hubs which remain stationary while the wheels revolve, their airscoops cooling the front-wheel brakes. Pontiac showed off a streamlined version of a landau, with pink leather seats and ceiling lining and a carpet of black broadtail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Glass Ahead? | 1/26/1953 | See Source »

Like Sterling. In developing a new weapon tailored for an exacting Navy job, Grumman once more carried out its 23-year-old mission as the chief supplier of Navy planes. During World War II it turned out 17,000 planes, including Hellcat and Wildcat fighters, the backbone of the Navy's carrier squadrons. To the Navy, said the late Vice Admiral John C. McCain, the name Grumman was like "sterling" on silver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: AVIATION | 12/29/1952 | See Source »

...also inherited a pretty solid backfield, consisting of two seniors and a couple of strong sophomore prospects--and the sophomores have been sparking the Wildcat offense this season...

Author: By Ronald P. Kriss, | Title: Davidson Eleven Lacks Depth, Has Fast Back | 11/1/1952 | See Source »

...school's small size necessitated the adoption of a program of subsidation of athletes two years ago. Increasingly poor football seasons led an alumni group to band together in the Wildcat Club for the express purpose of soliciting donations and attracting athletes. All funds, however, have been administered through the College Treasurer, and athletes are required to get the same grades and take the same programs as other students...

Author: By Richard H. Ullman, | Title: Davidson--Stress Conformity, Academic Rigor | 11/1/1952 | See Source »

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