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Virgil Ivan Grissom, 33, Air Force captain, 155 lbs., 5 ft. 7 in., brown eyes, brown hair. Church of Christ. Born: Mitchell, Ind.; graduated Purdue University, '50 (mechanical engineering). "Gus" Grissom broke in as a World War II air cadet, then went back to school, rejoined in 1950, flew 100 Korean combat missions (D.F.C., two Air Medals). Later he took advanced work in aeronautical engineering at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio, became a test pilot, logged up 3,200 flight hours (2,100 in jets). Says he: "My career has been in service to my country, and here...
Donald Kent Slayton, 35, Air Force captain; 160 lbs., 5 ft. 10½ in., blue eyes, brown hair. Lutheran. Born: Sparta, Wis.; graduated University of Minnesota, '49 (aeronautical engineering). Signed on as an aviation cadet in 1942, in World War II bombed Europe (56 missions) and Japan (seven missions), won two Air Medals. Discharged, he went back to school, put in 1½ years as aeronautical engineer for Boeing aircraft. Recalled in 1951, he served in Germany, was picked as a test pilot, recorded 3,400 flight hours (2,000 in jets). Says he: "We have gone about...
Captain Ned Weld, playing first singles, led off the rout when he took less then a half hour to dispose of Cadet lefthander Hank Fisher, 6-2, 6-0. Weld started fairly slowly, as he had against M.I.T.'s Raul Karman last Wednesday, allowing Fisher's errors to give him the opening games. But in the second set the Crimson captain was very sharp, and, with his service clicking beautifully, he ran through Fisher in short order...
...took its only set at second singles, as Jim O'Connell, a strong player with a fine serve, lost to Bob Bowditch, 4-6, 6-0, 6-2. Bowditch, after a lot of difficulty with O'Connell's service in the first set, found his touch and overwhelmed the Cadet in the next two sets, although O'Connell made very few errors throughout the match...
...Bailey, Mark Mullin, and Marty Beckwith will lead a flashy, if inconsistent Freshman track team into its first spring meet this Saturday at West Point. The Yardlings should defeat their Cadet rivals and with a little luck they could go on to whip their other four opponents...