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...Robert Spann, coordinator of the papal visit for the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. In San Antonio, heat is a big concern; after planners of the outdoor Mass allotted only 6 sq. ft. of standing room for each of 500,000 expected worshipers, the Metropolitan Health director, Dr. Katharine Rathbun, quit. "It's too dangerous," she warned, "and for the love of God, don't bring your children." Church officials insisted there was no cause for alarm; but just in case, a 600-bed field hospital has been arranged...
...rows of tiny dots of black or brown iron-oxide pigment 1 mm into the lids. It is a delicate undertaking, and pigment can inadvertently be put into hair follicles rather than under the skin. Another worry is that the pigment may migrate into the lymphatic system. J. Earl Rathbun, an ophthalmologist at the University of California, San Francisco, has a more mundane concern: "Making sure people know what they want and where they want it, because once it's put in, it's permanent." In short, no one should go into the operation with her eyes closed...
After that, peacetime Washington and nearby Maryland promised to be a fisherman's dream. Captain Thomas D. Smith Jr., another enthusiast, was also stationed at the institute. "Everyone we met told us that fishing was fine in Maryland," says Rathbun. The trouble was that Rathbun and Smith could find no fish. "Go to Queen Anne's Bridge," said the experts. "or try 'The Gooses.'" For a long time the two men couldn't even find the recommended fishing holes...
Good Marines. Like good marines, Rathbun and Smith did more than gripe; they tried to do something about the situation. Other fishermen must be having the same trouble, they reasoned. Why not draw decent road maps that would tell people how to get to good fishing grounds? For the next few weekends they toured the highways and backwaters of Maryland. They talked to farmers, truck drivers, bartenders, charter-boat operators. Soon they had so much information that they changed their plans: Why not make a map that would tell fishermen everything-where to go for different fish, what kind...
...project keeps growing, but for the past year and a half Jim Rathbun has had to work alone. Tom Smith was wounded in Korea, Gantt was transferred to St. Louis. Rathbun will probably be sent to Camp Lejeune, N.C. in September. But even though it makes his wife a "map widow," he is going ahead with his charts. The corporation has already blocked out the Atlantic Coast from Maine to Morehead City, N.C. Wind, weather and enemy gunfire notwithstanding, the partners hope some day to cover every fishing area in the U.S. Rathbun still has a minor gripe: charting fish...