Word: putt
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...moon base from which a handful of earthlings dominate their native planet-or perhaps watch with despair its radioactive devastation by nuclear war-is a familiar staple of science fiction. But the moon base will not be fiction for long, says Air Force Lieut. General Donald L. (for Leander) Putt. Last week in Washington he told the House Armed Services Committee how the U.S. Air Force plans to become the U.S. Space Force and eventually occupy the moon...
First step, said Putt, one of the Air Force's topflight aviator-engineers (Carnegie Tech, Caltech), will be to use existing ballistic missiles to boost Sputnik-type satellites into orbits. The Thor can be fitted with upper stages that will launch a satellite weighing more than one ton, said Putt, and the Atlas (none has flown full range yet) can launch a two-ton satellite, or better...
...think we overtrained," said Captain Burke (who, like all his men, swings a golf club for a living all year long). "We came here too soon and played ourselves out. Playing with the smaller British ball was also a mistake. I just don't know how you putt with that little ball...
...Grinning broadly, South Africa's red-faced Bobby Locke, 39, casually flicked in an 18-in. putt on the last hole at St. Andrews' Royal and Ancient Club to win his fourth British Open. Locke's score for 72 holes: 279, nine under...
...rest of the field. Dick Mayer, 34, former New York State amateur champion and now a Florida pro, finished with a fast 282. And Dick did not have it won either. Last year's winner, Dentist Gary Middlecoff, 36, of Memphis, Tenn., curled in a loft. putt for a birdie on the final hole, and forced a playoff...