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...some, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And, they may well ask, why climb the highest mountain? Why, 36 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas? John F. Kennedy Rice Stadium, Houston Sept...
...quashing the rumors, the President was undergoing a normal convalescence. Many Americans-including Johnson-expected that he would return sooner to his hyperactive ways. Yet most gall-bladder patients take about three months to regain their strength completely, as distinct from the ability to walk normally, climb stairs, and take routine exercise-all of which Johnson has been doing...
Solid Base. The Dow-Jones blue chips, meanwhile, have been hammered by stiffening Government controls over the economy, worries that interest rates will go up, and uncertainty whether profits can continue to climb. American Telephone & Telegraph has slumped from 66⅞ to 61⅜ since the Federal Communications Commission six weeks ago announced a thorough investigation of its rates, and Alcoa has dropped from 74 to 66¾ since the Johnson Administration cracked down on aluminum increases...
Manufacturers of smaller generators for hospitals, schools and radio stations are also enjoying hefty orders. Cummins Engine Co. expects sales of its diesel-powered generators in November and December to climb 25% above last year. Caterpillar Tractor Co. has received a rush of orders for its 13 diesel-powered models. Since the blackout, Westinghouse has sold to utilities about 40 gas-driven turbines to use as starters for their big generators. And for the homeowner afraid of the dark, Studebaker Corp.'s Onan division sells a suitcase-sized, 500-watt generator that is powered by home-heating...
...that this otherwise magnificent full-color photographic record of the 1963 U.S. expedition includes only one full portrait of the mountain, and that a distant one. The book also could have supplied a map tracing the Americans' course, as well as the routes of the two other successful climbs, the first being the British expedition of 1953. Even so, these 90 color plates rank among the best ever taken of any climb. Dr. Hornbein, a member of the expedition, wrote the text from his diary and from tapes recorded on Everest's vertiginous flanks...