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...Site 373-4, nestled among blackjack oaks in the Ozark foothills ten miles northwest of Searcy, Ark., had been out of operation for nearly six weeks. While the 174-ft.-deep silo, one of 54 Titan II sites in the U.S., underwent repairs to its air conditioning, plumbing and exhaust systems, its nuclear warhead was in storage at Little Rock Air Force Base, 55 miles away. The missile itself, a five-story, 18,000-m.p.h. Titan II of the type that is scheduled to launch this week's eight-day Gemini mission, remained in place as 55 civilian workmen...
When the starter's flag whished down last week, Clark roared off in his dark green Lotus, leaving the other 18 cars in exhaust fumes. Driving with superb skill, he powerslid through some curves, on others clipped the inside edge of the track, raising small puffs of dust. At the end of the first lap, he was already 135 yds. in front, and there he stayed. He set a new lap record on the first go-around (98.7 m.p.h.), then successively improved it on the next two laps (100.4 m.p.h.), broke it again on the tenth (101.1 m.p.h.). Sensing...
Come summer's dog days and Americans tend toward extremes. Some exhaust themselves swimming, gardening or golfing while others conserve energy lolling about on back porches or public beaches. But a growing number of people, in the search for a happy medium, are rediscovering a sport as old as the first air-pressure auto tire-tubing...
...have to double the number of men taken from Massachusetts, we'll exhaust the supply of single men at the end of two months." he said. Explaining that such an increase was "conceivable," he said that it was "highly unlikely in view of the national average age of 21 years...
...making money and caring for a wife and three children were not enough to exhaust Baruch's energies. He sought a wider stage and found it in Washington. In 1915, having caught the attention of Woodrow Wilson's Administration with a well-thought-out plan for mobilizing U.S. defenses, Baruch set foot in the White House for the first time. Through the next half-century, he returned often...