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...feeling. However, Mr. White is, I think, oversimplifying. The very fact that we are in the atomic age defeats his argument. As more and more nations acquire the know-how and or the weapons themselves, the logarithm of danger will increase. We cannot be sure even today that "some 2nd lieutenant somewhere" will not out of ignorance or ennui press the button of our finality...
...through a heavy cloudburst, which later forced postponement of the last 18. At the 15th, as he was addressing the ball, a train puffed and tooted past; on the 16th fairway, Palmer was attacked by an angry bee. Despite the distractions, Palmer played almost flawless golf. He birdied the 2nd, 5th, 13th and 14th, and ran up an unbroken string of 16 threes and fours. Then came the Road Hole. A booming drive left Palmer with an easy iron approach to the pin. Turning to his caddy, Palmer asked: "What should I use now?" The caddy suggested a five iron...
Last week, as they went off to relax on postgraduation leaves. Ensign Thompson and 2nd Lieut. Otstott left behind them still more impressive records. Each commanded his academy's undergraduate battalions, each was graduating class president, each led his class both academically and in military standing. For Highland Park High's prize alumni,* only one more goal was left to shoot for in the distant future: Chief of Staff for their respective services...
Early Birds. In Calcutta. India, an advertisement in the Statesman reminded this year's candidates for the Air Force Flying College that they "must have been born not earlier than 2nd August. 1960." added. "These age limits can in no case be relaxed...
Into print last weekend burst a pair of nonprofessional writers: Army 2nd Lieut. Peter Dawlcins, West Point's All-America halfback in 1958, now a Rhodes scholar at Oxford, and German-born Scientist Wernher von Braun, one of the top U.S. missile scientists. In The New York Times Magazine, Dawkins compared U.S. and British attitudes toward collegiate sports ("We Play to Win, They Play for Fun"). In This Week Magazine, Rocketeer von Braun presented Part One of a serialized novel titled Life on Mars. But professional writers needed to read only the leads and relax. Dawkins starts...