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Star in the West. Still, many U.S. spacemen are growing weary of this pat excuse. They prefer to blame a longstanding failure of U.S. imagination. While he was still in Germany in the early 19405, Rocket Expert Wernher von Braun realized the possibility of producing satellites and saw plainly that they would have enormous propaganda value. When he came to the U.S. in 1945, he pleaded for "an American star, rising in the west" to impress the world. U.S. space enthusiasts took up his cry, but the U.S. Government was slow to give support...
...stock has risen, helped by better earnings, rumors, new flashes and promotional splashes. A month ago Lionel President John B. Medaris was scheduled to speak before the prestigious New York Society of Security Analysts, and word went around that there he would reveal that Missile Expert Wernher von Braun was joining Lionel. Next day Lionel was the second most heavily traded stock on the Ex change, jumped two points. Medaris had nothing to say about Von Braun, except to deny the rumor...
...also spread by talks to security-analyst luncheon clubs, which have sprung up all over the U.S. While they provide a valuable forum for businessmen to discuss the prospects and progress of their companies, they also provide a natural springboard foi advance rumors such as the Lionel-Von Braun story last month. Wall Streeters object to confidential briefings in advance for friendly analysts; stockholders might well object when executives serve their news at lunches instead of releasing it generally...
Spaceman Wernher von Braun called the misfire "a little mishap" bravely predicted that the U.S. would still manage to orbit a manned capsule by the end of 1961. But Project Mercury's latest failure, third in a row, just about evaporated the last faint wisp of hope that the U.S. might put a man into space before Russia does...
...weary from shooting, Baylor sank 24 more points to put a rousing finish on the most spectacular scoring spree in pro basketball history. Baylor's 71 points totally eclipsed the N.B.A. record of 64 that he himself had set a year ago. Knick Coach Carl Braun had only one word to describe Baylor: "Fantastic...