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Another Thermometer. One Marine who carries that philosophy to perfection is Lieut. Colonel William Corson, 41, a former Naval Academy professor, economist and engineer who controls 50 sq. mi. of jungle west of Danang. After months of patrolling and night ambushes, Corson's 1,500-man battalion set up what he likes to call "my laboratory for capitalism." The first step was to engage the interest of the villagers, which Corson achieved by the un-Clausewitzean technique of teaching his men the local game: co tuong, a variant of chess that uses "elephants, cannon and 14th century infantry tactics...
When the first reports and photos came in from Down Under, U.S. naval architects-discounted the idea of anything radical in Dame Pattie-except for a rudder that is wider at the head than at the heel. "Her deck plan is almost an exact reproduction of the Constellation's"-the U.S. boat that won the America's Cup in 1964-said Olin Stephens, who designed Constellation and the newest U.S. twelve-meter, Intrepid. But Stephens had second thoughts. "I wish I could see," he said, "what makes Pattie so fast...
...Montgomery thought he had figured out a way to get around this, and the young Marine for whom he was called into consultation at Chelsea Naval Hospital was an ideal patient for the first operation. Lopata, 25, was essentially healthy, with no cancerous tissues to hamper healing, and a leg wound that would keep him in the hospital for weeks...
...indeed mostly great people, quite prepared to meet the challenges that lie ahead. Making reasonable allowance for the changing context of the times, this is neither more nor less than could have been said in 1957, 1947, 1937, and probably much earlier. (PROFESSOR) JOHN ROGER FREDLAND U.S. Naval Academy Annapolis...
Alerted by the Smithsonian's announcement last week, Astronomer Richard Walker of the Naval Observatory's Flagstaff station examined Saturn photographs that he had taken on the night of December 18. On four of his plates he found what looked like a tiny droplet superimposed on the edge-on rings. The confirmation of the discovery will entitle Dollfus to name the new moon. If he abides by tradition established in identifying Saturn's moons, he will pick the name of a mythological character associated with Saturn, a Roman god of agriculture...