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...Himalayas, where you can always retreat to a native village if something goes wrong." From the moment that a Navy plane deposited them on a lifeless plateau 20 miles from the base of the Vinson Massif, the climbers' only lifeline to the outside world was an emergency radio hookup with McMurdo Sound, 1,300 miles away. Their sole comfort was that nobody needed to be afraid of the dark. In December, the sun shines 24 hours...
...huge (1,100,000 members) United Steelworkers of America (A.F.L.-C.I.O.) and the small (40,000) but noisy International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (Independent) have been deadly enemies. The Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union goes back to the turn of the century and a 1905 hookup with the radical left's "Wobbly" movement and its leader, William ("Big Bill") Haywood. In 1917, Haywood jumped a $20,000 bond and fled to Russia rather than face charges of violating the Espionage Act. Half his ashes now rest in the Krem lin Wall, the other half...
...After long testing of remote-control electrocardiography under routine conditions, including transmission of the signals by telephone line and computer evaluation, the U.S. Public Health Service is ready to extend its hookup from Washington to the emergency room of Connecticut's Hartford Hospital. After receiving the ECG signals, the computer will shoot a diagnosis back to Hartford within 15 seconds, whereas it might take hours to find an expert cardiologist to give a reading...
...will have witnessed one or more of the 32 games before the final match in London late this week. Fans who could not come to Britain have kept abreast with play-by-play accounts from 700 radio and TV broadcasters and 1,600 reporters. Thanks to a worldwide satellite hookup, the final game will probably be witnessed on television by no fewer than 400 million...
...Military Intervention. Conant's frequent public speeches helped polarize the issue. On a speaking tour of the South in October he called for immediate and complete American armament; in November he said that no limit should be put on our aid to the Allies; by May, on a national hookup, he urged immediate entry into...