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...began on Monday with a meaningful moment for the magazine, as President Ronald Reagan celebrated his 73rd birthday and the 129th anniversary of the founding of Eureka College, his alma mater, by giving an address at the Illinois campus. His subject: the need for a historical perspective in evaluating the changes that have transformed America over the past five decades. In the process, the President was inaugurating TIME'S Distinguished Speakers Program, a series of lectures presented in connection with the magazine's 60th anniversary. The talks will be given by outstanding men and women of various disciplines...
...m.p.h. Circling over White Sands in a jet, Astronaut John Young, commander of Columbia's first mission, observed with a touch of hyperbole: "Visibility is CAVU [ceiling and visibility unlimited] to Mars." With that, Mission Control gave the go-ahead for White Sands. On Columbia's 129th orbit of the earth, 14 more than planned, Lousma and Fullerton braked to re-enter the earth's atmosphere and began a long zigzagging descent over the Pacific. When a coastline finally appeared, Skipper Lousma cheerfully announced, "I think we're booming right over the Commander in Chiefs ranch...
Captain Bill Crain also took a spill and finished 129th; soccer player Keith Chiappa was Harvard's fifth scorer in 132nd place...
Bathroom Phone. Last week Harry Truman walked from his office to the barbershop of Frank Spina, who served as guidon for Captain Harry of Battery D, 129th Field Artillery, in World War I. Truman was especially careful about his haircut; he had an appointment in Chicago next week, and he wanted to look his best...
...different view. He heard, he said, that Government supplies were being expended at the races. Moreover, some airmen complained that they were forced to take blocks of tickets and to work "voluntary" extra duty. Republican Scrivner, an old artillery file (he served in World War I in the 129th Field Artillery, Captain Harry Truman's outfit), asked the General Accounting Office to investigate. Last week he released its report, a sharp strafing of LeMay's position...