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...trigger-happy marksmen of the U.S. newspaper columns and editorial pages, a U.S. President is never more vulnerable than when he addresses the nation at large. Last week John F. Kennedy boldly stood twice in the bull's-eye, first when he delivered his State of the Union message and again when he made the biggest budget request in U.S. history (see THE NATION). Both times the President got it from all directions...
Failure & Proof. Even though Saturn's successful test last week demonstrated that U.S. missiles pack increasing power, it remained for another missile to prove that Cape Canaveral's marksmen are getting sharper, too. Ranger IV rose perfectly from its pad, engines screaming as it highballed toward its lunar landing. Almost 64 hours later, Ranger hit the far side of the moon, but its flight was far from an unqualified success. Soon after takeoff, something went wrong with the computer that was supposed to control the missile's many instruments and trans mit the data back to earth...
...Stupid to Worry. If so, the warning was wasted. Too dim-witted to be alarmed, the waterborne Belchen paid no attention to the eager marksmen closing in for the kill. At a range of less than 20 yds., the hunters opened fire. The few Belchen that tried to escape were blasted out of the sky or cut down before they could finish their flailing, loonlike takeoff. The rest of the birds were slaughtered where they sat. Boat oars were used to administer the coup de grâce. Explained one hunter: "If we waited for them to get into...
...cold fact that Britain could not afford such empty displays of national pride. To put Blue Streak on the pads, fully operational and in real numbers, would cost something like $1.5 billion over the next five years. And by then, Blue Streak will be a sitting duck for Russian marksmen...
Finishing up its first season in the Greater Boston Rifle League, the Crimson marksmen placed fifth in a six-school tournament held Saturday. Ron Simon took aggregate scoring honors for the weekend with 856 out of a possible 900 points...