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...people jammed in the square below. Then it was time for speeches; sure enough, the Russians could not resist the chance to turn space prowess into political profit. "The group flight in outer space is one more vivid proof of the superiority of socialism over capitalism," said Nikolayev, or "Falcon," as he called himself during his globe-circling orbits. Added Popovich. whose orbital name was "Golden Eagle": "Across the ocean, the enemies of peace are fanning war hysteria and striving to turn the expanses of space into an atomic testing ground...
...first cosmonaut to blast off was Major Andrian Grigorievich Nikolaev, 32, a country boy from the Volga valley who had been the standby for both Yuri Gagarin and Gherman Titov on their previous orbital flights. Soon after he was aloft in his spaceship Vostok III, Nikolaev, or "Falcon," as he called himself during radio transmission to the earth, was in touch with Soviet tracking stations and trawlers at sea packed with electronic gear, including some close by the U.S. east coast. U.S. and other Western radio monitors heard Nikolaev's voice loud and clear. Every 88 minutes, Vostok...
FORD, for the first time, will offer Falcon and Comet convertibles. Falcon sedans will take on the Thunderbird's crisp roof line. The intermediate Fairlane and Meteor will add station wagon models and both will change their grilles, the Fairlane from flat to concave and the Meteor to a forward thrust. The standard-size Galaxie will have its massive circular taillights set into cylindrically sculptured rear fenders in a kind of twin jet effect. So that customers can tell a Mercury from a Ford, the Monterey will boast a reverse-sloping rear window that can be opened and shut...
...Science we report the story of a daring plane waiting to be built, now that a Government scientist has solved the trick of developing a fighter that can stretch its wings at low speeds, or fold them in the air like a peregrine falcon closing in for the kill...
Wings spread as it wheels through high, slow arcs, wings tucked back as it plummets in a swift hunting dive, the peregrine falcon is a picture of functional perfection. No airplane has yet come close to copying its easy versatility. But aeronautical engineers have never stopped trying, and the Department of Defense is convinced that government scientists have finally turned the trick. Last week leaders of the U.S. aircraft industry were locked in fierce competition for the privilege of building a "variable geometry" fighter that can stretch its wings at low speeds during take-offs and landings, or fold them...