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...this reason, President Kennedy called the 50-megaton test "a political rather than a military act,'' pointed out that the U.S. could make a 50-megaton bomb any time it wished (for that matter, each SAC B-52 carries two 25-megaton bombs, which the U.S. considers more effective than a 50-megatoner). But, said John Kennedy, such a bomb would presently be "primarily a mass killer of people in war" rather than a nuclear weapon of any real military use. "Fear is the oldest weapon in history," said Kennedy. "Throughout the life of mankind, it has been...
...choriocarcinoma, a rare cancer that attacks the sac surrounding the developing fetus in pregnant women, methotrexate has "in many cases" brought about absolute cures...
...Inglewood, Calif., deputy headquarters for the Air Force Systems Command. Boss of the coast-to-coast construction crew is Lieut. General Howell M. Estes Jr., 46, a tough, taciturn veteran of the Strategic Air Command. Estes and his ballistic systems division commander, Major General Thomas P. Gerrity, 47, another SAC veteran, start work at 6:30 a.m., finish at 7 p.m., log 65 hours a week on the job, and expect their staff to do the same. Since the program began in 1956, Estes and his men have discovered that keeping pace with the construction problems that arise...
...crew will work and live. The green-walled, fluorescent-lighted upper floor is crammed with consoles, television monitors and countdown timers. For each Titan there is a switch marked with multiple target designations. If the occasion ever comes, the crew will receive a coded target message from SAC headquarters at Omaha, flip switches accordingly. The missile will be fueled automatically, the surface doors opened, the Titan raised a foot a second to ground level and fired within minutes...
...anything worthy of genuine national pride, but also the small-town pettiness of outlook that is the shadow side of many Canadian virtues. Far from contributing to the growth of a stronger, more independent nation, Canadian nationalism has been diverting Canada into a narrow and garbage-cluttered cul-de-sac...