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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Given the required royal assent by Queen Elizabeth II was a new Peerage Act enabling a member of the Lords, for the first time in 300 years, to renounce his title to run for the Commons. As originally drawn by the government, the bill would not have gone into effect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Out of the Ghetto | 8/9/1963 | See Source »

Titan HI has no definite military mission. The Air Force hopes to use it to launch Dyna-Soar, its controversial steerable satellite that (it is hoped) will be able to maneuver freely in orbit and land where it will. Another Air Force hope for Titan III is MODS: an inhabitable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Solid Triumph | 8/2/1963 | See Source »

From the start, Congressman Vinson was keenly interested in national defense. His first speech in the House (in 1916) was a call for greater military preparedness, and he still fondly regards that as one of the best speeches he ever made. He early asked for and got a seat on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congress: The Swamp Fox | 7/26/1963 | See Source »

Maytag is easily the most outspoken chief executive in the airlines industry. He is against airline mergers because he feels that they weaken competition, ardently protests the Government's tight regulation. "About the only thing left under the airlines' control," he says, "is schedules." He is equally critical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Airlines: Flying to Success Upside Down | 7/26/1963 | See Source »

Pole vaulter Brian Sternberg, 20, always refused to take himself seriously. A sophomore at the University of Washington, Sternberg was genuinely surprised when he was invited to compete at the Penn Relays last April. "They paid $325 for my airplane ticket," he said, "and I don't know how...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Track & Field: Something Went Wrong | 7/12/1963 | See Source »

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