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...siesta time in Viet Nam's clammy cities as the droop-nosed F-4 Phantom jets snapped off the U.S.S. Ranger's dipping flight deck. Next into the crystalline sky burst four flights of A-4 Skyhawks. Then the mission, 45 planes strong, streaked low across the Gulf of Tonkin toward the craggy, familiar coastline of North Viet Nam-and a target never before attacked by American pilots...
...water until April," Sonju said, "but we always get up for this race." Way up. Trailing Navy, Brown and Princeton at various times during the 3-mile race, Wisconsin took the lead 1,000 yds. from the finish, held on to beat Navy by a deck length...
...twitching portrait of a loser, appears as a homesteader en route to a 40-acre chunk of Texas with his plucky little wife (Joanne Woodward) and his young son. Though he has sworn off cards, Fonda breaks into a cold sweat as soon as he sniffs the deck, possibly because he shuffles so poorly. The imminent loss of his life savings brings on a heart attack and, with a final $20,500 pot at stake, Joanne primly takes over the hand and asks: "Gentlemen, how do you play this game...
...first time in the U.S. manned-space program, a returning spacecraft was landing close enough to the recovery carrier to permit television coverage of its splashdown. Cameras on the deck of the Wasp picked up Gemini as soon as it loomed below the clouds, photographed its recovery by the carrier, and sent the telecast live via Early Bird satellite into millions of American and European homes. For Stafford and Co-pilot Eugene Cernan, who came "right down the pickle barrel"-within four miles of the Wasp-it was a rewarding finish to a flight that had been marred by failure...
...right back through the middle-over the pitcher's mound. So opponents have concentrated instead on varying their pitches, probing for a weakness. New York's canny Whitey Ford figured a high fastball might be just the ticket-until Scott hit it 500 ft. into the upper deck at Yankee Stadium. Two weeks ago, Scott and the Red Sox invaded Minnesota for a four-game series. Twins Pitcher Dave Boswell tried to sneak in a waist-level fastball; Scott drove it 365 ft. into the rightfield stands. Then Al Worthington experimented with a wide, high curve; George...