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...instrumentation was ready. In separate control posts, the Air Force deputy, Brigadier General John S. Samuel, and the Navy deputy, Rear Admiral Lloyd M. Mustin, checked their radarscopes: all ships, all planes were in position. No unwanted craft had strayed into the danger zone. At 5:45 a.m. (Christmas Island time), the countdown reached zero. The B-52 dropped its nuclear payload. A flash pierced the haze. The tests had begun...
...placed atomic development under a newly created, civilian-controlled Atomic Energy Commission in the hope that its pursuits would be mainly peaceful. Yet some scientists were already warning that the U.S. atomic monopoly could not long be maintained, that the Russians were making progress. A far-sighted AEC commissioner. Rear Admiral Lewis Strauss, argued for a high-altitude patrol and seismographic network to detect Russian atomic explosions when and if they came. But AEC's idealistic first chairman, David Lilienthal, decided it was not needed. Finally, aroused by Strauss, the Pentagon picked up the tab, got AEC to furnish...
Last week Sukarno installed a military-style "Economic Operations Staff" to deal with the situation. The governor of the National Bank became an army major general; the Chief Minister became a full general; the Foreign Affairs Minister became an air force vice marshal; the Distribution Minister became a rear admiral. The costume change will probably inspire a flurry of salutes at staff meetings, but as long as Sukarno keeps Indonesia on a war footing, the switch will be of little help...
...most ogled foreign entry was Jaguar's clean-lined, air-scooped Mark X, with its monocoque construction (lightening and tightening the body by eliminating a chassis frame) and its road-hugging independent suspension front and rear. Cruising speed for this fancy feline is a cool 120 m.p.h. But gadgetry is not a U.S. monopoly: Mark X's includes twin tables with mirrors that fold out into the rear seat, and an air-conditioning system that can deliver different measures of hot and cold to each passenger. The big new Facel Vega II from France has an instrument panel...
...bottle fashion-a design feature previously used only on supersonic jet fighters. Inside, reflecting Egbert's love of flying, the Avanti resembles a plush airplane with instruments set in neat, easy-to-reach groups, has two bucket seats in front, and a bucket bench for two in the rear. With a fiber-glass body mounted on a steel chassis and an engine of 300 h.p. or more, the Avanti will go from standing to 60 m.p.h. in a scant 6.7 sec.-a performance rivaling that of the hottest European sports cars. It is expected to sell for about...