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/t Designs For Supersonic Racing Machines DESIGN A: First slreamlined layout of Art's present "Green Monster." Arfons revised this version for Design B. DESIGN B is modification of Design A and features a triangu lar wing system and more streamlined frontal area. This, Art feels, could take him through the sonic barrier and up to 800 mph. C is a completely new design which Art conceived for ultra sonic runs when speeds climb past 800 mph. The air intake for the J-79 engine has been moved back to the rear for better streamlining. D is Arfon's ultimate design is torpedo-shaped speedster which he believes would carry him past the 1,000-mph stage. "This design is years away, but with the new, light jet engines of the future, the design would be natural." ☆ ☆ ☆ The land-speed racer of the future—what will it look like? Firestone artists and racer Art Arfons have four de signs for supersonic racing machines. Arfons, who hopes to break the sound barrier on land in late 1966, is the current world land- speed record holder. He broke the record last October with an average 536.71 mph at Bonne ville (Utah) Salt Flats in his jet streamliner, the “Green Mon ster.” On one of his runs he had an official clocking of 571 mph and unofficially registered top speed of nearly 630. The sound barrier, broken above ground in 1947, has never Perry Retired —from page 1 rayon processing unit with which Firestone was then asso ciated. This assignment dis charged, he was sent in 1946 to a job at Paterson, N. J. with World Bestos, a Firestone sub sidiary. He was in charge of weaving industrial materials. Back to Roanoke in 1948 as engineering foreman, he remain ed there until transfer to Gas tonia. He was made a depart ment manager here in 1960. Frank Montgomery Funeral services for Frank Montgomery were at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Bowling Green, S. C., Aug. 21, with burial in the church cemetery. He retired from Firestone in 1958 after 23 years employment here. Surviving are 3 daughters, 4 sons, 2 sisters, 18 grandchil dren and 5 great-grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Perry are re maining in Gastonia for a while, but plan to relocate—possibly in this state or in Virginia. For retirement, he has envisioned “a little place in the country—with maybe some chickens.” But some of his friends say he has entertained an ambition to set up a home weaveshop to pro duce handicraft specialty items. “With his experience at looms, he ought to do well.” said one acquaintance. Succeeding Mr. Perry was Carl Rape, a Chester, S. C. native and Firestone veteran of 28 years. He came here in 1937 as an experienced card tender. He was made first supervisor in carding in 1942 and advanced to overseer in 1958. As department manager, he was assigned the combined operations of carding- spinning in 1960, and in recent months became understudy to Mr. Perry for his present weav ing department manager assign ment. been cracked on the ground. To break through this sonic curtain Arfons feels he will have to run between 700 and 750 mph, de pending on temperature and cli matic conditions. HE BELIEVES his present “Green Monster,” a 21-foot, jet- powered machine, equipped with a special automatic wing that he invented to keep the car stable, is capable of breaking the sound barrier by modifying the body at certain points. “But when speeds reach the 800-1,000 mph range, I think we’ll have to go into some very exotic body designs,” says Ar fons. Firestone is now designing and developing tires that will carry Arfons up to 800 mph. The tires basically will be the same size as the ones on which he broke the record—about 30 in ches, outside diameter, on a spe cial 18 or 22-inch wheel of alum inum alloy made by Firestone’s Steel Products engineers. Firestone Tires Equip PRODUCTS ^ ^ AT WORK Some ’66 Chrysler Cars When the 1966 autos are unveiled about the end of Sep tember, some passenger cars of the Chrysler Corporation will be for the first time wearing Firestone tires as standard original equipment. Included will be all of the auto produc tion at Chrysler’s new Belvidere, 111., plant. Plymouth models to be equip- with tires for many of its automobiles,” said c o m p a ^ chief executive officer Raymond C. Firestone. “We feel this asso ciation unites two of the great names in automotive history what we hope will be a lasting and mutually-beneficial associa tion.” Firestone also supplies origi' nal-equipment tires for many other major automobile manU' facturers. The passenger tires for ChryS' ler will be Firestone’s 100-leve tubeless, Deluxe Champions 14-inch sizes ranging from 7.3 through 8.55. ped with Firestones include the Fury I, Fury II, Fury III and station wagons. Dodges which will have Firestones will be the Polaras and Custom 880s. Firestone became a standard supplier for some Dodge trucks on the 1965 models. “We at Firestone are proud and pleased to provide Chrysler Women Buyers Like Firestones If it ever had any notion of producing pastel-colored tires to please the women, the rubber industry can change its plans. It can go right on producing black casings, ornamented often with white sidewalls, and occasional ly with a stripe of color. Women rarely buy tires for the family car, so they might not care whether tires have white walls or not. In 1983, women of the family decided what brand to buy for just 5V2 per cent of the tires bought by American families, while 90 per cent of the de cisions were made by men. Women and men together decid ed for the remaining purchases. THE FIGURES are from a na tional survey by the Marketing Research Dept, of Firestone, to find out how many tires women buy and if they prefer a par ticular brand. Conclusions came from a sample of 6,000 tire pur chasers. The figures revealed further that— Males of the family, including father and son, decided the brand of tire to buy in 92 cent of the cases, while the women—mother and daughter-' made the choice in 8 per cen of purchases. The women buy 11 per cent of the tires; the men purchase 89 per cent of them. Despite the indication tha women have little say in tires are bought. Firestone is g® ing to keep up its “red-carpe service to its fair-sex friends. “We’ve always had out the royal welcome sign at our more than 840 company-owned stores and at the thousands of Fire stone independent dealers,” say R. D. Thomas, company president of trade sales. “We do our best to women feel at home in Firestone retail outlets. The survey sh®^^ they take to our hospitality> ° of the women who purchase tires, a big share of them chooS Firestones.” National Anthem 151 Years Old The verses of our National Anthem were composed 151 years ago this September. The song, expressing America’s high est patriotic feeling, had its be ginning during the War of 1812 (which lasted until 1815). In 1813, Gen. Sam Smith of Baltimore had commissioned Mary Pikersgill and Rebecca Young to make an American flag, to be flown over nearby Fort McHenry. In Sept., 1814 a young Ameri can lawyer, on a mission to re cover a prisoner, was detained by the British and forced to watch the fort’s bombardment. Francis Scott Key stood on the foredeck of a British of-war and watched the drop cannon shot and canis^^^ on the fort all night. the morning, inspired by of American resistance, ^ noting “by the dawn’s ear light” . . . that “the flag still there”. Key hurriedly the verses, beginning “Oh, can you see. . g He put the words to the of an old English song titled Anacreon in Heaven.” ^ The Star-Spangled Banner o ficially became our Nation_^ Anthem by presidential 1916, but was not confirmed ^ Congress until 1931. Preserve Our Resources America needs outdoor recreation. National Wildlife Federation, dedicated to preservation, enrichment and extension of Nature and her abundant resources, persuades citizens to consider cur vital need for outdoor recreation. “As our population grows and people have more leisure time, open spaces near expanding metropolitan areas become ever more important. “We must protect and preserve our forests and seashores. Action now will provide our own needs and for the needs of oncomi generations. To preserve the American Way Life, we must preserve America’s resou which give us life and material progress. Anything the average citizen can do for cause? Yes. For information, write to Nation Wildlife Federation, 1412 16th St. NW, Washm ton, D.C., 20036. Volume XIV Number 10 September, 1965 Page 2 Claude C. Callaway, Editor 4^ South Atlantic Council of Indus trial Editors Published by The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, Firestone Textiles Division, Gastonia, North Carolina. ☆ PLANT REPORTERS Carding—Payton Lewis Main Office—Bea McCarter Mechanical Department—Rosie Fran- cum Quality Control — Sallie Crawford, Louella Queen, Leila Rape Warp Preparation—Elmina Bradshaw, Vera Carswell, Elease Cole, Annie Cosey, Katie Elkins, Catherine Fletcher Warehouse—Harold Robinson, Israel Good, Rosevelt Rainey Weaving (cotton)—Ruth Veitch Weaving (synthetics)—Irene O'Dell, Mayzelle Lewis Winding—Nell Bolick, Ruth Cloninger Think On This . • • Aunt Lily used to tell Sunday-school class: ' Be tient with the faults of because most of them are c 3 table enough to be patient ^ you."
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