Word: rodding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Louis Marron, 67, dean of U.S. big game fishermen, a burly Florida oilman, who in 1953 off the coast of Chile boated a 1,182-lb. broadbill swordfish, at the time the biggest game fish of any kind to be landed on rod and reel and still tops for a species widely regarded as the strongest and most difficult; of a heart attack; in Manhattan...
Assault on a Queen, written with a waterproof pen by Rod Serling, describes how a daredevil gang headed by Frank Sinatra, Tony Franciosa and Virna Lisi salvages a sunken German U-boat and uses it to stage a high-seas holdup of the Queen Mary. Despite the acknowledged cooperation of Cunard lines and the U.S. Coast Guard, most of the action appears to take place in a studio tank. When they are not scraping off barnacles or scrapping about sex, the actors group themselves in front of sea-blue projections and admit quite openly that their plan is insane, although...
...ends of 52-ft. booms that extend from the satellite after it has been fired into orbit. One such Gravity Gradient Test Satellite (GGTS) was lofted into a 21,000-mile-high orbit in mid-June, and it is gradually but successfully stabilizing its attitude with one rod pointing toward the earth and the other away...
...Married. Rod Laver, 27, Australian tennis star, the second amateur ever to win the Australian, Wimbledon, French and U.S. titles in one year (1962), now top moneymaker on the pro circuit; and Mary Bensen, 35, California accountant; she for the second time; in San Rafael, Calif...
...many readers do know the difference that Hot Rod has the distinction of being the most dog-eared magazine in the U.S. More than twelve car buffs pore over each copy, reports W. R. Simmons research company, which conducts readership studies for magazine publishers. Petersen's Motor Trend (monthly circ. 500,000) is not far behind, with 9.02 readers per copy. A sort of high-power consumer magazine, it "is for the average fellow with an above-average interest in autos," says Petersen. Car Craft, Rod & Custom, and Sports Car Graphic cover the other auto buffs Petersen could think...