Word: proteus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...third group consisted of "poems about being a poet." These included "Proteus," "At Museau," "A Country Incident," and "The Frog, that Naked Creature...
...miles east to London, winding up for a 100,000-man rally beneath the stern statue of Lord Nelson in Trafalgar Square. Last week the ban-the-bombers turned their attention to Holy Loch, a tiny inlet on Scotland's Firth of Clyde. The 18,500-ton tender Proteus was due to dock there and remain on permanent station to service the U.S. fleet of Polaris-bearing atomic submarines. More than 200 newsmen turned out expecting a lively demonstration...
...Holy Loch proved to be alien ground, too far from the pacifists' comfortable London hangouts to draw a crowd. Only six demonstrators showed up, equipped with four canoes and two dinghies that they planned to paddle into the Proteus' path. They pitched tents on the harbor shore, set up a 24-hour watch for the Proteus' approach...
...demonstrators managed to recapture their flotilla in time, but when the Proteus finally sailed into view, an escort of Royal Navy launches swamped one rowboat and a canoe and chased the others off. The demonstrators wound up in jail, the kind of mild martyrdom they had obviously had in mind. "We called the local police," said one, "to be sure there were enough cells for us." Next day a crowd of 1,000 appeared at Holy Loch waving placards. But the Proteus was on station, and Dunoon welcomed it with a civic reception and a dance. Said Town Clerk Duncan...
...They are untethered by the standard submarine's fuel and oxygen limitations. They can manufacture their own atmosphere without surfacing. Only the limitations of human endurance will require that they make port every two months. In home port for Washington and Henry will be the Polaris sub tender Proteus, stationed at Holy Loch, an anchorage in Scotland's River Clyde. Each ship will have a second, fully trained crew waiting to take her back to sea. With fresh "Blue'' and "Gold" crews alternating on duty, Polaris subs will be able to stay on station almost twice...