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Rodeo's Home. Second of three sons of a patient, pious couple of German-Lutheran descent. Lyman Lemnitzer was born Aug. 29, 1899, in Honesdale, Pa. (pop. 6,000). Thrifty father William worked up in 53 years at the local shoemaking plant from odd-job boy to vice-president, built a fortresslike house on the right bank of the Lackawaxen River (one small bridge later named after Lyman). Poorer kids ate butter, but the Lemnitzer boys got their bread dry or lard smeared. They dutifully did their chores (dishwashing, lawn mowing), earned their spending money at part-time jobs...
...Lutheran Theological Seminary
...that he is a most kind and civilized man, intellectually a challenging and stimulating teacher-a gadfly- whose stings have raised many a philosophic welt on me, yet possessed of marvelously devastating apologetic insights. By the grace of God I survived Paul Tillich, and hope to remain a Lutheran still in the classical Christian tradition...
...Lutheran Student Service...
Donald Kent Slayton, 35, Air Force captain; 160 lbs., 5 ft. 10½ in., blue eyes, brown hair. Lutheran. Born: Sparta, Wis.; graduated University of Minnesota, '49 (aeronautical engineering). Signed on as an aviation cadet in 1942, in World War II bombed Europe (56 missions) and Japan (seven missions), won two Air Medals. Discharged, he went back to school, put in 1½ years as aeronautical engineer for Boeing aircraft. Recalled in 1951, he served in Germany, was picked as a test pilot, recorded 3,400 flight hours (2,000 in jets). Says he: "We have gone about...