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...Weld North Military Committee claimed the world's first successful rocket nose cone recovery yesterday, retrieving a 25-inch silver-and-red metallic object and its parachute from atop a tree between Weld and Widener...
Henry M. Spotnitz '62 (beaming proudly at left with the nose cone) claimed that he was "pleased with the results, but everything only went according to plans." The builder and owner of the rocket, as well as head of the recovery team, Spotnitz refused to reveal the instrument payload, although he admitted that the cone was made of a "metallic ceramic material...
Although he said the group denied the charge, Spotnitz accused Weld South of secretly retrieving the cone, holding it for five days, then throwing it back into the tree from fear or confusion. The University Police have asked the Buildings and Grounds Department to investigate the matter...
...unannounced on the Bronx Zoo ("the best thing New York City has"). "I heard there was a riot at the gate," said Zoo Director James Oliver. "I rushed right out and there he was." Castro fed elephants, gorillas and orangutans, ate a hot dog and an ice-cream cone, vaulted a rail, and to the horror of the guards, reached into a cage and patted a Bengal tiger. "They don't do anything," he said...
...Clipper," said Jessie as they were walking over the bridge in the park, "I want an ice cream cone...