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...southwest Washington. (By agreement with Johnson, Humphrey was authorized to exercise the full powers of the presidency if an emergency arose while Johnson was incapacitated.) Johnson began emerging from the anesthetic less than 15 minutes after surgery, and after a 40-minute nap the President was back in the cockpit...
...right the second time. "I'm going to stand on it today," Arfons an nounced, as he climbed into 'the tiny cockpit last week. Its J-79 engine shrieking, Monster lurched off down the straightaway toward the measured mile...
...leaving twisted bits of metal strewn over a mile of salt. Helicopter Pilot Robert Hosking was the first on the scene. "I didn't think anybody could possibly be alive," Hosking said later. "But then I saw an arm move." Securely strapped into his fleece-lined welded-steel cockpit, which escaped serious damage (although the canopy was ripped off), Arfons was not only alive-except for some cuts and bruises, he was absolutely unhurt. Monster was a total write-off. Arfons was ready to try again. "I've got another engine at home," he said...
...year-old Gretel and Dame Pattie, a new twelve that is owned by a Melbourne syndicate headed by Emil Christensen, 71, a food processor. Gretel is not the same boat that lost to the U.S.'s Weatherly in 1962. Three feet have been lopped off her stern; her cockpit, deck equipment and keel have all been greatly altered. To win the challenger's role, however, Gretel will have to beat Dame Pattie-and that may be quite a chore...
...trouble recognizing the girls from Tabe High. Spotting Mrs. Hori, ex-Kamikaze Hideo Kawai cried: "Why, you look exactly the same!" "And you look as handsome as ever," said she. "Banzai!" cheered Kawai, a portly, balding Kyoto milk dealer who obviously could not swing into a fighter cockpit as easily as he once did. Over a lunch of rice, shredded cuttlefish and beer-a traditional Kamikaze last meal -the men and women swapped toasts "to the best days of our lives," promised to meet again next year...