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...Belt Bolt. In San Francisco, cops sought the motive behind the theft, from the Rathskeller Restaurant's historical display, of a seven-lb., forged-iron, 15th century chastity belt...
...above the earth's surface, he pressed a button that sent a radio impulse to the telescope's big dish, and from there it was beamed into space. Pioneer V got the message. A switching device in its electronic insides shot an electric current through a fusible bolt. The bolt melted and released a spring. It pushed Pioneer V away from the third-stage rocket, whose burned-out carcass might otherwise interfere with efficient radio transmission...
...strategy burst suddenly on a somnolent Senate. Announced Johnson: Civil rights amendments may be offered to the Stella school bill. Quickly, Georgia's Senator Richard B. Russell, leader of the outfoxed Southern Democrats, was bolt upright, protesting "the lynching of orderly procedure." Maverick Democrat Wayne Morse of Oregon, though ardently pro-civil rights, joined in the protest because "I am opposed to legislation by rider...
...hitched Britain's long-range nuclear-weapons planning exclusively to the fixed-site Blue Streak missile. Instead, the British are considering greater reliance on missiles that can be launched from submarines or planes-specifically the U.S. Navy's Polaris or the U.S. Air Force's Sky Bolt...
...MISSILE SPENDING will give Douglas Aircraft $60 million in fiscal 1961 for full-scale development of its 1,000-mile, air-to-ground Sky-bolt missile. Designed as a "standoff" weapon to be launched from B-52 jet bombers, Skybolt is expected to be major nuclear weapon, is slated to go into service within next three to five years...