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...President's head was shattered by the bullet. But Secret Service Agent Clint Hill, who sprinted up from behind and leaped onto the presidential car, later told the Commission what happened after he heard Oswald's first shot: "I had a hold of the handgrip [on the rear of the limousine] with my hand, when the car lurched forward. I lost my footing, and I had to run about three or four more steps before I could get back up in the car. The second noise that I heard had removed a portion of the President...
...arrived late at the rear of the column with two other Americans. They started running and went over a wall...
...device. Although the plane is moving at 150 m.p.h., the man being rescued is lifted with less of a jolt than the force of a 6-ft. jump. The man goes up almost vertically before he begins tracing a curved path into a position somewhat below and to the rear of the plane. The relative gentleness of the takeoff and the curved trajectory result from the interaction of several forces: the man's weight and air resistance, the speed and altitude of the plane, and the stretchability of the woven nylon line, which absorbs shock as it lengthens. Within...
...yellowish, brassbound trunk not only moved-it talked. From its depths came kicks, wriggles, and a sepulchral voice pleading "Aiutatemi! Salvatemi!" (Help me! Save me!). Porter Mario Colelli, who was loading freight into the rear baggage compartment of United Arab Airlines flight 784 to Cairo, recalls, "It was good Italian, real Italian Italian. Suddenly, I thought, 'My God, this is an Italian, and these Arabs are kidnaping him-some political fellow or something. Who knows what they'll do to him down there in Cairo...
Prospects at defense are considerably brighter than those up front, since the Crimson has lost only stalwart Mike Patterson from its rear guard. Captain John Daly and junior Bob Clark both skated regularly--and well--at defense last year. Chip Scammon and Red Coleman have looked good in practice and will probably be the other defensive unit Saturday night...