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...Budgeted $10 million for a new AEC headquarters at Germantown, Md., probably a "three-story, reinforced concrete structure," to withstand any H-bomb impact from Washington...
...Baltimore. J. J. Ryan of General Mills. Inc., reported on a new device designed to help end much of the uncertainty about crashes due to air failure: a flight recorder, set in the cockpit, that transcribes the plane's speed, direction, altitude and vertical acceleration. Designed to withstand shock as well as fire, the instrument will keep operating ten minutes after engine failure, furnish possible clues to what happened in the crash. Moreover, used in normal safe trips, the recorder's data will provide a valuable added record of pilot performance and flight irregularities...
With the victory, the sailors keep the trophy which they have held ever since the "Hot Mug" meets began six years ago. The races are called "Hot Mug" because hot rum is served to the competitors to help them withstand the chilling weather common at this time of year...
Wharton and Rennie Little held off Villanova and Cornell to keep the Crimson in contention up to the final hand off. But anchor man Dave Alpers' excellent 49 second quarter mile was not sufficient to catch Morgan State or to withstand Villanova's amazing Olympic prospect, Charlie Jenkins, who passed Alpers giving Villanova second place...
...Yardling soccer team defeated the M.I.T. freshmen yesterday 7-0 for its second win this fall. Although a fairly strong team, bolstered by eight soccerwise South Americans, the Engineers could not withstand the well balanced Crimson...