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Charles Wood had, until three years ago, worked as a janitor at the British Ford plant in Dagenham, Essex. Since his retirement, he and his wife Marie had been hoarding every shilling against the day that they could take off for a visit to Marie's sister, who lived in Corpus Christi, Texas. Last week they sailed into New York harbor on the Queen Elizabeth. As careful budgeters, they had already purchased their tickets for every step of the way: round-trip from New York to Texas and back on American Airlines, one-way back to Britain...
...Essex; United Artists). Man stands at the edge of space like a child at the edge of the sea, skipping sophisticated, multimillion-dollar pebbles that sink out of sight. What man needs is a ship that he can sail on the new ocean and bring safely back to port. Four years ago, he produced the first crude model of such a ship, a rowboat of the infinite called...
...London's Old Bailey last week, British Judge Sir Cecil Havers sentenced six youthful nuclear disarmers to prison. Their offense: an abortive attempt last December to organize a huge sitdown demonstration on the runways of the U.S. Strategic Air Command's nuclear strike base at Wethersfield, Essex...
Alpers admitted that "it's the alumni's reunion, so naturally they don't want Bandsmen hanging around." A series of incidents several years ago led to the decision that Bandsmen and their dates could not attend functions at the Essex...
...Fresh Face. Kennedy named Connally Secretary of the Navy-and it turned out to be a first-rate appointment. As a naval officer during World War II, Connally had served as a fighter-plane director aboard the carriers Essex and Bennington, won the Bronze Star and Legion of Merit. In the Pentagon, he fought hard for Navy programs he considered worthy and scrubbed those he considered impractical (he concluded that after the new U.S.S. Enterprise there should be no more nuclear aircraft carriers). Deciding to return to Texas, he carried with him President Kennedy's respect, and L.B.J...