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Unlike the better-known bazooka (TIME, May 3) which carries its own propellant like the rocket it is, the rifle grenade is fired by a special blank cartridge. A sheet-metal cylinder filled with high explosive, the grenade slips over a launcher clamped to the barrel. A finned tail keeps it straight in the air, increasing range (now 75 yd.) and accuracy...
SOUTH OF THE SUNSET-Claire W'arner Churchill-Rufus Rockwell Wilson ($3). Fictionized account of the adventures of Canoe Launcher, ambitious Shoshone Indian girl who served as guide to Lewis & Clark on their exploratory trip to the Great Northwest...
...TIME, launcher of expressive and practical new words, use following expressions in your People column instead of uncertain nephew or niece and clumsy sister's son or brother's (laughter...