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...Lemnitzer moved like a nonconductor. In December he smoothly headed off a drive by the new civilian space agency (NASA) to take over Huntsville, but he promised to serve any NASA needs. His own strongest efforts had long since been thrown behind development of more earthy necessities, e.g., a mortar-spotting radar in 1953, a plastic grenade launcher this year. His steady emphasis on combat readiness as top priority promises to scale the Army's space push down to manageable proportions. In word and deed he seemed just the steady old pro the Army needed to get back...
...Indian hosts) he bluntly accused the Red Chinese of destroying a large number of monasteries, killing lamas and forcing monks and officials into labor camps. He had left Lhasa in fear of his own life, said the Dalai Lama, when the Communists opened fire on his Norbulingka palace with mortar shells...
Members of the Department of Buildings and Grounds have been "watching" the crumbling since the Mem Hall tower burned in 1956, Fred B. Jackson of the Department said yesterday. A leak in the waterproof flashing caused water to weaken the mortar holding the bricks...
...through Baghdad on their way to friendly Jordan, then beset by fear of revolt within its own borders. Following Kassem's plan, Aref's men instead rolled into Baghdad at 4:30 a.m., seized the radio station, pulled all switches at the telephone exchange, and, lobbing a mortar shell through a back wall of the royal palace, mowed down the King and members of the royal household as they stumbled in confusion out the front door. Premier Nuri asSaid, cunning veteran of two generations of Arab politics and unflinching friend of the West escaped from his house disguised...
...vacation in Florida, General of the Army Omar Bradley, 66, now board chairman of the Bulova Watch Co., put on a sourdough getup and a super-Groucho mustache for a frolicsome "Yukon Night" at the exclusive Surf Club north of Miami Beach. Other Bradley diversions: sharpening up his mortar-accurate (high 70s) golf game, playing the ponies (he has one named after him) at Gulf stream track, where he showed a keen eye for long shots, made $26.20 on a $2 bet. Said an admiring friend: "He spends more time studying the form charts than anyone I ever knew...