Word: nautiluses
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...launching of the atomic submarine Nautilus, Vermont's Republican Senator Ralph E. Flanders, member of the Armed Services Committee, returned to Washington from Arco, Idaho, where the prototype of the submarine's reactor has been under test. Brimming with nuclear enthusiasm, he rushed to tell the President what he had seen...
...Brassbound Attempt. Veteran Pentagon newsmen recognized the story for what it was: a brassbound attempt to strike at Rear Admiral Hyman G. Rickover (TIME, Jan. 11) and his Nautilus. But a relatively inexperienced United Press reporter used the story. He quoted "a Navy spokesman," viz., Cutter, as saying: "The Nautilus is strictly a test vehicle. I doubt if she will ever fire a shot in anger...
...fact that Mrs. Eisenhower is to be the Nautilus' sponsor at its christening next week aggravated the offense. Secretary Wilson, as the man in whose bailiwick the trouble had started, was madder than anyone...
...whole task force of top Pentagon personnel for a blistering, table-thumping session which started with midday lunch and ended after 6 p.m. Frequently during the afternoon. Wilson tapped with thumb and forefinger on a memorandum written by Parks and Cutter which, like the U.P. story, described the Nautilus as a "test vehicle." But a radish-red Admiral Parks stoutly denied that he had leaked the story...
...next day, Slade Cutter got Navy orders to go full speed astern. He had to endure the humiliation of going into the Pentagon pressroom and "leaking" the news that the Nautilus was indeed combat-worthy. When newsmen sniggered at his straight-faced efforts, Cutter said: "Well, that's the party line, anyway...