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...Taft Jr., who hopes to follow in his famed father's footsteps, are headed for a punishing primary that only Democrats will enjoy. Despite allegations of misconduct leveled against him by LIFE magazine, Rhodes is no underdog to the stolid Taft. Democrats expect that in their primary, former Astronaut John Glenn's glamour will prevail over Cleveland Lawyer Howard Metzenbaum, a former state legislator. They hope that the internal Republican warfare will damage both Taft and Rhodes enough to offset the fact that Glenn has shown no out-of-this-world abilities as a politician. There...
Asteroid walks would be high adventure. Weighing less than an ounce in full space gear, an astronaut might jump half a mile off the surface before drifting gently back down. But Alfvèn and Arrhenius suggest limiting such activity to asteroids at least a mile across...
...this misery!" ··· He flew the 230,000 miles to the moon, and back. Now Lunar Explorer Alan Bean is as earthbound as a turtle. For a minor infraction of flight regulations while taking off in his T-38 from Ellington AFB, near Houston, the Apollo 12 astronaut has been grounded for 30 days. ··· Wildlife conservationists have declared open season on Gina Lollobrigida. They protest that one of her maxicoats must have used the pelts of ten wild tigers, and that there are only 600 members of the endangered species left. In other words...
...sometimes seemed understandably ill at ease making small talk with Presidents and Prime Ministers. "It's the 29th, isn't it?" she asked nervously, as she signed the guest book at the presidential palace. Judy's shyness was offset by the easygoing enthusiasm of Apollo 10 Astronaut Eugene Cernan, who accompanied the Agnews on the first week of their tour. With an arm around Judy Agnew, Cernan told Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos: "We feel the moon belongs to everyone." "Ah," beamed Mrs. Marcos, "as in the American song...
...great believer in education by travel. He has said that his grounding in international affairs derives from his peripatetic years as Vice President. So it was only a matter of time until Nixon pinned wings on his own Vice President. Last week Spiro Agnew, his wife Judy, Apollo 10 Astronaut Eugene Cernan, ten newsmen and a score of aides and Secret Servicemen boarded Air Force Two to begin a 25-day, 37,000-mile tour of Pacific and Asian countries...