Word: cutters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Parks aide and fellow submariner, Commander Slade Cutter, onetime Annapolis football hero (he kicked the field goal that beat Army 3-0 in the 1934 game), was the direct source of the leak ("Hell" said an old Pentagon hand, "that was no leak, it was a fire hose"). The inside dope from the Parks office, as splashed out in the Pentagon pressroom: the atomic submarine Nautilus is really unsuited for combat; it is too big, too expensive, too noisy; its torpedo tubes were added as an afterthought; its sonar equipment will not work at high speed; it has no safety...
...Brassbound Attempt. Veteran Pentagon newsmen recognized the story for what it was: a brassbound attempt to strike at Rear Admiral Hyman G. Rickover (TIME, Jan. 11) and his Nautilus. But a relatively inexperienced United Press reporter used the story. He quoted "a Navy spokesman," viz., Cutter, as saying: "The Nautilus is strictly a test vehicle. I doubt if she will ever fire a shot in anger...
...Radish-Red Admiral. Wilson called in a whole task force of top Pentagon personnel for a blistering, table-thumping session which started with midday lunch and ended after 6 p.m. Frequently during the afternoon. Wilson tapped with thumb and forefinger on a memorandum written by Parks and Cutter which, like the U.P. story, described the Nautilus as a "test vehicle." But a radish-red Admiral Parks stoutly denied that he had leaked the story...
Neighbor on the Doorstep. The Prime Minister, snorting with authority, arrived in Jovian grandeur; at one moment fuming over a misplaced cigar-cutter, the next good-humoredly caressing the Welch Fusiliers' goat mascot, ducking the television microphones. His body was stooped, his right leg dragged noticeably at every step. The man with him, Anthony Eden, suntanned and casual, shared little of Sir Winston's anticipation...
...turbulent Gulf Stream off Miami at the 100-fathom mark. One boat carried Root and seven other skin-diving friends who planned to station themselves at various depths along the 1/16 -in steel strand that marked the descent. Standing by for possible rescue work was a Coast Guard cutter. In the third boat was an oceanographer of the University of Miami's marine laboratories.The oceanographer would trace Root's descent with echo sounding gear, just to make the record official. As an unofficial measure. Root planned to pull a marker off the cable at 430 ft.: "That...