Purdeys Guns To Order For Khrushchev And Wealthy Hunters
London based Purdey guns see rising demand from Eastern bloc leaders and Texas magnates. Prices range from 3120 dollars for standard 12 gauge to 8640 dollars for a matched pair. Export orders span 23 countries with the United States as top customer as Lawrence Salter meets clients in Boston and beyond.
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Purdey
Texas
United States
Lawrence Salter
Atlantic
Boston
Purdey Gun Makers Tailor Firearm To Measure
Salter explains Purdey creates rifles to each client measurements and orders. Clients mail in details if fittings are not possible. The firm notes demand shifts after Indian rajahs faded, with big game guns waning and a few .375 Magnums sold to lion hunters. General Bedell Smith used Purdey rooms to plan the European invasion in 1944.
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Purdey
Bedell Smith
Eisenhower
Europe
General Smith
Waiting for atoms to act at Columbia TRIGA reactor
In the Morningside Heights neighborhood, Columbia University’s $1 million TRIGA reactor sits unused after five years, feared by locals who fear accidents and pollution. Mike Woram, its chief operator, has become a public relations voice defending safety while opposition plans demonstrations and legal challenges continue.
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NEW York
NEA
Mike Woram
Columbia University
General Atomic
Manhattan
O.K
Woram
Polaris
Columbia
Morningside Heights
University
Madeline Harper
Morningside
Japan
Nuclear Science
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Oeanard
Troit
Pittsburgh
Chicago
St. Louis
Salter
Mayfair
ALL Weatherby
Cado Tweed
Carton
SALE
Compartma Scasina Sa
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