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...arrived from Antarctic waters, the Soviet whaling factory ship Slava and the U.S. icebreaker Glacier lay within hailing distance of each other last week alongside the broad quays of the Montevideo waterfront. Russian Captain Alexei N. Solianik paid a courtesy visit. He was gravely received on the quarterdeck by Rear Admiral George J. Dufek, got an illustrated lecture on the Glacier's part in Operation Deepfreeze, and a copy of R. B. Robertson's 1954 bestselling memoir. Of Whales and Men. On his way down the gangway, he invited the U.S. officers to pay a return visit...
...cylinders, each containing two opposed pistons. When fuel is exploded between the pistons they are driven apart and slammed together again. This has the effect of a bellows, forcing air out of the cylinder to turn a turbine wheel, which is geared to turn the car's rear wheels...
...Patricia Kelly) who was sailing to Monaco to wed the reigning Prince (His Serene Highness Rainier III). Two hours before sailing time, Grace arrived in a black limousine, wearing a beige wool suit, a white straw hat shaped like a mushroom, and a radiant look. Not far to the rear came a retinue of 80-friends, relatives, business associates. And then-tagged "Grace Kelly, The Palace, Monaco"-four trunks and 56 other pieces of luggage, including 20 hatboxes ("I love hats, and at last they've begun to have the saucy look I like...
...Baker, 58, was born on the Bowery, where his mother ran a settlement house, and he grew up hoping to be a clergyman. But in World War I he discovered the compelling quality of his powerful voice when he was shifted from the front lines to the rear areas with orders to lead soldiers in community sings. Back in the States he toured the country as an evangelist until he reached California and became a lecturer at Hollywood's Waugh-celebrated cemetery, Forest Lawn...
...side street and dousing his lights. City Editor Charles Moore went to cover an out-of-town Klan meeting, was punched and chased away. While covering a basketball game, Baptist Minister L. B. Ballard, who is the News's church editor and assistant sports editor, had the rear tires of his car slashed. On his way home, after getting them fixed, two cars pursued him in an attempt to run him off the road...