Abstract: An axle beam type suspension arrangement for automotive vehicles is provided. This arrangement includes a vehicle superstructure having a portion projecting downwardly of a vehicle body, a panhard rod one end of which is attached to the projecting portion of the vehicle superstructure and the other to an axle beam connecting right and left rear wheels, an assist link one end of which is connected to a middle portion of the panhard rod and the other to the axle beam, and an absorbing member which is interposed between the other end of the panhard rod and the axle beam and is displaceable in the axial direction of the panhard rod to absorb a relative displacement between the panhard rod and the axle beam.

Abstract: An industrially meritorious process for preparing aromatic polyhydric alcohol is disclosed. The process can give an extremely high conversion rate of raw material, i.e., aromatic carboxylic acid ester, and an extremely high selectivity to the objective compound. The process comprises catalytic hydrocracking of an aromatic carboxylic acid ester in which an improvement resides in the fact that an ester represented by the general formula Ar(COOR).sub.m, (CH.sub.2 OH).sub.n, (wherein Ar means an aromatic group, R is independently selected from normal and branched alkyl groups having at least 6 carbon atoms, m' means an integer of at least 1, n' means zero or a positive integer and m'+n' satisifies the relationship m'+n'.gtoreq.2) is used as raw material. An aromatic polyhydric alcohol is a very useful material, especially as a raw material for the preparation of polymeric substances having high heat resistance.

Abstract: Ethanol is prepared with high selectivity by the catalytic reaction of carbon monoxide and hydrogen.