Word: mountain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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SPECIALIST 5TH CLASS LARRY C. NIEDRINGHAUS, 22, serves as the demolitions expert for a twelve-man U.S. Special Forces team at Suoida, a bleak, wire-enclosed camp at the base of Black Virgin Mountain, 60 miles northwest of Saigon. Niedringhaus first came to Viet Nam in 1962, at his own request is now serving his third tour of duty. Says he: "Damned if I can think of any place I'd rather be or anything I'd rather...
...talk about, it turned out, was his twelve years as a Russian spy, which he described as "a lark to make some money." Lyman urged James to do "what mother always taught us - be honest," and call the FBI. James did, and within hours agents were up at the mountain questioning...
There is usually little zest to life in Sikkim, India's tiny protectorate in the Himalayas. For day-to-day kicks, some citizens can only contemplate the crags of majestic Kanchenjunga, the world's third highest mountain, marvel at the gay flowers that grow in profusion beneath its peaks, or laugh gaily at the frolicking wild pandas of the region. But last week excitement galore gripped the populace as chic photographers, starchy diplomats and perfumed post-debs from abroad suddenly inundated the charming little capital of Gangtok...
...leaves mountain climbing to Eastern Democrats. Nonetheless, California's Governor Pat Brown, 59, has been a physical-fitness buff ever since his days as an all-round athlete at San Francisco's Lowell High ('23). So when it came to promoting Teen-Age Fitness, Brown allowed that he'd be glad to lend a hand-two, in fact. Inspired by Connecticut's Gymnast Muriel Grossfeld, 24, a comely, three-time U.S. Olympic team member who's touring the country in the cause of trimmer teenagers, Brown flopped on the light grey carpet...
...were treated to a five-minute color film showing Bobby's conquest of Mount Kennedy, they burst into jeering laughter at every glimpse of the Senator. Said Manhattan Lawyer Richard Steel, a director of the Explorers Club: "When you see Bobby being carried 8,000 ft. up the mountain by helicopter, then being carried the rest of the way between two professional climbers, a certain amount of gibing is to be expected...