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Pointing specifically at the A.D.A., the A.F.L.-C.I.O. executive council and U.A.W.-C.I.O. President Walter Reuther as those who ran first and fastest (TIME, Aug. 19), Mitchell traced the recent history of the civil rights bill: "The House sent President Eisenhower's sound civil rights bill to the Senate with its approval. The Senate then, in the words of Dr. Ralph Bunche, made the bill 'disappointingly weak' by crippling that provision which would ensure equal voting rights for all Americans . . . And then, before the House had a chance to make any move to put strength back...
Sneaky Killers. The fastest growing part of the nuclear Navy is the submarine service, which has a soulmate affinity for nuclear power. With two nuclear submarines (Nautilus and Sea Wolf) in commission, 17 more* are abuilding or authorized, and more will be ordered when the Navy gets the money. They will be of many types, from small, sneaky "killers" that lie in wait for enemy subs, to missile launchers that can attack an enemy homeland from...
...speaking. From Las Vegas came a $200-a-week nightclub offer; a Hollywood club wanted Mary Leona, and so did Movie Producer "Jungle Sam'' Katzman. Television's Dave Garroway and The $64,000 Question put in their bids. But cagey Ed Sullivan, who likes to be fastest with the most, did it again. Mary Leona Gage Ennis signed up for the Sullivan program...
...sloop Legend, then north, then south again, finally found a fair wind, nipped across the finish line off Diamond Head last week with a winning corrected time of 11 days 41 min. 41 sec., logging 2,407 miles over the 2,225-mile course. "We went looking for the fastest winds and quickest course to Honolulu," noted Nimble Navigator Ullman. ¶ In the women's finals of the U.S. Clay Court championships in Chicago last week, Wimbledon Champ Althea Gibson, 29, aiming squarely at next month's U.S. singles championships, overpowered California's Darlene Hard, her Wimbledon...
From Ashes to Atoms. Fastest growing of the top three Farben heirs is Farbwerke Hoechst near Frankfurt, whose moving force is energetic Board Chairman Karl Winnacker, 53, a wartime Farben plant manager. Hoechst's sales-antibiotics, synthetic fibers, cellophane and oxygen-rocketed 17% last year to $355 million. Now the company is taking German industry's first steps toward harnessing the atom. It operates a nuclear research laboratory outside Frankfurt and is building a heavy-water plant (annual capacity: six tons) that will be among Europe's biggest when completed this year. Last week, with Atomic Energy...