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There have been over 5,000 sport parachute jumps made at Mansfield--and at least that many at Orange--resulting in no fatalities whatsoever. Last year there were 60,000 jumps made in this country, resulting in six fatalities--none of which were attributable to parachute malfunction (a suicide, two drownings, two "freezes" on non-static-line jumps, and one electrocution resulting from a landing in high wires...
...very convincing. So I jumped from a Cessna 182 at 2500 feet with a 28-foot "skydiver" parachute over the Mansfield airport grounds. Mansfield is the headquarters for the Cambridge Parachute Club, the oldest club of its type in the country, having been formed...
Under the apprehensive eye of a more practiced Pagliacci, Emmett Kelly, 63, Novice Clown Debbie Reynolds, 30, went through her droopy-trousered paces at a Los Angeles premiere of the International Super Circus. Other show business talents ranging from Sammy Davis Jr. to Jayne Mansfield also donated their services to the benefit performance in support of a cause peculiarly appropriate for Hollywood: a clinic for emotionally disturbed children...
Arguing against the amendment, Southern Democrats knew from the start that their cause was hopeless, yet they were determined to have their say for the benefit of the folks back home. Confident that he had the votes to pass the measure, Majority Leader Mike Mansfield was willing to let the Southern Democrats talk on, without applying any pressures. His sternest moves were to schedule the first Saturday session of the year and to start all sessions at 9 a.m. instead of noon...
With that, Mansfield began scouting around to see if any Southerners wanted to resume the filibuster. "We were careful to check all of those fellows," said Democratic Whip Hubert Humphrey, "so that they couldn't complain that we'd tried to rush them. We asked John Stennis and Lister Hill and all the rest. But none of them was going to have any more to say." After the lopsided final Senate vote, the amendment was sent to the House; if approved by two-thirds of the members, it will still require ratification by three-fourths of the state...