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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week news of the Boxer operation made fat, sensational headlines (see PRESS). Some dispatches made it appear as if the slow-moving old Hellcats were "guided missiles" (because they were un-piloted); that the age of "pushbutton war" had been ushered in. This jubilation was wildly off the mark. The Boxer experiments were, actually, a patchwork of relatively old techniques, far behind the modern technology of real guided missiles (rocket-or jet-propelled and guided by radar). Ten years ago, in World War II, the Navy itself had successfully used a pilotless plane, controlled by radio and aimed...
Pope Pius XII, a bit under the weather with a slight fever and a mild cold, canceled all audiences for the remainder of the week. But by week's end His Holiness felt well enough to appear at a window overlooking the inner courtyard of the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo to give his blessings to a crowd of 300 pilgrims...
University rules, which have prevented past Band TV appearances, state that no organization or person shall appear on any commercially sponsored program which uses the name of Harvard for advertising purposes. But Sunday's telecast, over both Boston channels from 8 to 11 a.m., is purely a benefit proposition...
...first time it will appear as it escorts a group of Boston Little Leaguers and Jimmy Fund workers from the State Armory to broadcast headquarters at the Statler Hotel, a distance of some 200 yards. A few minutes later, it will give an uninterrupted short concert...
...full band of 160 men will appear on the show, made necessary because collections for the Jimmy Fund are running approximately 23 percent behind schedule for the year...