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...Cape Canaveral last week: "Super!" Then disaster struck. For reasons yet to be explained, five Rockwell International technicians removed an access panel and entered a rear section of the orbiter above the engine. A few minutes later, they began keeling over from lack of oxygen. One technician, John Bjornstad, 50, died in a helicopter en route to a hospital, and another, Forrest Cole, was in critical condition...
...jumpers soared off Holmenkollen before the critical gaze of the style-conscious crowd. After the first jumps, Norway's George Thrane was only a point behind Arne Hoel in form, Austria's Joseph Bradl only 18 in. behind him in distance. But nobody, including World Champion Hans Bjornstad, matched Arne in both style and distance. Bjornstad, winner of the title at Lake Placid last winter, expressed the Norwegian feeling about Holmenkollen. "This is the biggest," he said. "This is the one I'd like...
...Norwegians, who ski-jump in droves of thousands on winter Sundays, the Holmenkollen is the World Series, and stars such as Hoel and Bjornstad are Norway's DiMaggios and Musials. Even the arrival of King Haakon last week produced no such resounding heias as did a formful jump. Norwegians get no more chance to practice on the famous slope than anybody else. Tradition and Norwegian sportsmanship keep the hill closed except at championship time, so that local boys will get no undue advantage. This year's event carried more weight than usual. It was the last chance jumpers...
...jump, Hoel was a marvel of consistency. He matched his first effort to the foot (226) in distance, to the decimal point in style. Neither Thrane nor Bradl came close. Hoel's winning score: 225, nine more than Thrane, for the biggest margin in Hol-menkollen history. Champion Bjornstad was seventh...
...taken up with maneuvers on Soldiers Field, military map sketching, trench construction at Fresh Pond, and combat exercises at Waverly and elsewhere. Section meetings in the mornings and afternoon were devoted to the study of the Infantry Drill Regulations, the Field Service Regulations, the Small Arms Firing Manual, Bjornstad's "Minor Problems for Infantry," and map sketching. Lectures by the French officers continued; in addition Dr. E. A. Darling '90 lectures on first aid and Major Eugene Wambaugh '76 on military...