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Despite Holaday's belief that the Atlas program is in pretty good shape, a more realistic estimate came in a letter to the subcommittee from a man with more knowledge of Atlas than any that William Holaday had displayed. Wrote James R. Dempsey, manager of the Atlas program for Convair: "The present planning of the Government for ... the Atlas as currently known to us is less than it could be, and if we correctly understand the Soviet accomplishments in the ballistic missile field, the present Atlas program will tend to widen rather than close the gap between...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEFENSE: On the Spot | 12/23/1957 | See Source »

Clockwatcher. In Mineola, N.Y., Mrs. Jeanette Dempsey, 24, accused in court by her husband of hugging and kissing his best friend for an hour in their home, indignantly denied it: "It wasn't an hour. It wasn't more than 20 minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 15, 1957 | 7/15/1957 | See Source »

...DOROTHY DEMPSEY Park Forest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 10, 1957 | 6/10/1957 | See Source »

...both unkind and inaccurate. I knew every man who stepped on the stage, and I was genuinely glad to see him. Sure Ralph got some unexpected answers to some of his questions. But I thought 'that was what made This Is Your Life a great show. JACK DEMPSEY Hollywood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 18, 1957 | 2/18/1957 | See Source »

...ring foes piled through the ropes, Dempsey engaged each in a heavyweight exchange of compliments. Said towering Fred Fulton, whom the Mauler knocked out in 18 seconds of the first round in 1918: "If I had to lose, I was glad it was to Jack Dempsey." Replied Dempsey: "It was you fellows who made me." From France came Georges Carpentier, a dandy of 63, who plugged not only Dempsey but his own Paris restaurant. From the Argentine came Luis Angel Firpo, 62, once the Wild Bull of the Pampas, now a lumbering giant whose dignity shone somehow through his confusion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: They Never Come Back | 1/28/1957 | See Source »

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