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ARGENTINA If three square meals and a good education could turn the trick, democracy would flourish in Argentina, South America's best-fed, best-educated nation. But democracy barely survives. Almost every week brings a new crisis and an old question...
Speaking to an audience in his native Germany, Space Scientist Wernher von Braun, 47, advanced the thesis that scientists should not be held responsible for the ultimate use of the weapons they develop. Von Braun then went to London, where he is best remembered as the German scientist who developed the ballistic missile V-2 for the Nazis-and at least one reporter doggedly held the scientist responsible. "How do you feel now about your work during the war and its effects on my country?" "I greatly regret the abuse of science, but there is an old English saying...
...spending money on film strips," says Dick Woodward, "when within our own community we had firsthand sources more effective than anything we could buy." Equally impressive, adds Woodward, is a significant fringe benefit. "This is a way to get people interested in the schools, and that's the best way to get better schools...
...fast as they emerged. Three years ago an erratic, second-string southpaw named Neale Fraser was ranked well behind Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall, was later overshadowed by Mai Anderson and Ashley Cooper. But with all four lured away by Kramer, Fraser was left as Australia's best. Yet last week Fraser had little trouble blazing his way to the finals with his spinning serve. Across the net was Peru's Alex Olmedo, who agreeably enough had won the Davis Cup for the U.S. in 1958, ineptly enough helped kick it away this year. The routed Americans were...
First Million. As a starting pitcher, Sad Sam ("Take a look at this mug. What else can they call me?") is at his grim best against the Giants' challengers. He has five wins over Milwaukee, three over Los Angeles. What is more, Jones is willing and able to trudge in from the bullpen to save a game. Despite its long medical history, Jones's arm is plenty strong enough to stand the strain. It always was; his problem was control. Although he had not played much baseball growing up in Monongah, W. Va. (pop. 1,622), Jones developed...