NACA area rule boosts supersonic speeds without more power
A new aircraft design concept dubbed the area rule raises supersonic speeds by tightening fuselage sections at wing junctions. Whitcomb's theory shapes a “coke bottle” fuselage that reduces drag at transonic speeds, with early implementations on the Grumman FSF Tiger, Convair F102A, and Chance-Vought F8U. A related Aero Digest report sparked rival publication plans. The same issue notes a county picnic with 110 dinners served at Camp Kanawha.
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Vern Maugland
AP Aviation
Washington
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics Today
NACA
Aviation Week
Aeronautical Research
Aero Digest
Fred Hamlin
Jtory
Richard T. Whitcomb
Langley Aeronautical Laboratory
Hampton
Navy
Grumman
Bethpage
Long Island
N. Y
Air Force
San Diego
Dallas
Tex
Whitcomb
Frederick County Fish and Game Protective Association, Inc
Camp Kanawha
Horace M. Alexander
John S. Miller
Charles Stup
Uranium Plots Shown On Map
Washington announces a government map of known uranium deposits prepared by the Geological Survey for the Atomic Energy Commission. The map plots principal deposits in sandstone of the Colorado Plateau across Arizona New Mexico Colorado and Utah based on AEC reports its contractors and other agencies.
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Washington
United States
Secretary of the Interior
McKay
Geological Survey
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Colorado Pisteau
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
Utah
Dear Mary Higgins letter on name change to Nationwide Insurance
A reader replies through the newspaper to Mary Higgins about Farm Bureau Insurance rebranding to Nationwide Insurance. The letter defends neighborly service while noting a spouse like partnership analogy and the growth the name change implies for customers who stayed loyal. It likens personal identity to marriage and partnership, arguing core values endure despite new branding.
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Mary Higgins
Nationwide Insurance
Murray D. Lincoln
Nationwide
Mr. Lincoln
Charlie Hackett
Farm Bureau Insurance
Farm Bureau
Pacific Coast
Uranium Deposits Map Shows Wide Geographic Spread
The article describes uranium deposits across the western United States including New Mexico Colorado Wyoming and the Dakotas. It notes sandstone limestone phosphorite shale coal and lignite as carrier rocks and distinguishes between mined and low grade or byproduct deposits. A 34 by 52 inch map at 80 miles to the inch marks principal deposit types and where they occur. Copies cost 5.30 dollars each from Geological Survey centers in Washington Denver and other offices.
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New Mexico
South Dakota
Wyoming
Geological ‘Survey
Washington 25
D. C
Federal Center
Denver 2
Colo
Washington
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Denver
Salt Lake City
Utah
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Trent
Electro Mechanical
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