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...show was gaudy, pretentious and dull - one of the worst TV hours in memory. Considering that it was taped almost two months ago in Miami, someone missed a major chance. As it sat on the shelf for seven weeks, some network employee - with guts and a Zippo lighter - could have sacrificed his job for the sake of the industry...
...Davy Crockett tactical nuclear weapon, a sort of mortar that fires an atomic shell roughly 5 in. in diameter, with a punch enormously greater than the biggest conventional artillery shell ever fired. The Jeep-mounted version is fired by two men, has a range of five miles; the lighter, three-mile version is carried and fired by three soldiers on foot. The House Appropriations Committee was so impressed with the Davy Crockett that it voted funds for an extra 6,000 in addition to the number (secret) already provided for in the Administration budget...
...tank's 90-mm. gun. Running on diesel fuel instead of gasoline, the M-60 can travel 250 miles without refueling, as compared with the M-48's 160 miles. Because it uses aluminum fuel tanks, wheels and other parts, the 51-ton M-60 is actually lighter than the M-48, although the engine and fuel system are heavier. The Army has 360 of the new tanks on order (from Chrysler Corp.), and the 1961 budget provides for an additional...
...Wunder, who conducts the experiments, announced that his centrifuged mice have conceived, delivered and raised nine litters at up to 2Gs (the gravitational force at the earth's surface is figured at 1G; at more than 1G. earth's creatures feel heavier; at less than 1G, lighter). Neither parents nor offspring were seriously bothered by the twice-normal weight of their bodies. "We weren't really studying breeding," said Dr. Wunder. "It just happened. For some reason, every spring there seems to be an upsurge in the centrifuge...
Motels & Laundromats. For the most part, the modern pros are a congenial lot. They share in their trade secrets, e.g., heating golf balls with pocket handwarmers fired by lighter fluid, because a warm ball has more bounce than a cold one. They share in the physical ailments of their profession: back trouble from the constant twisting of the spine (Finsterwald, Marty Furgol); a torn tendon along the third finger of the left hand that exposes a nerve, keeps a player from gripping his club firmly (Rosburg, Snead, Jack Burke Jr.). They share in their social life. Driving some...