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Through the icy, grey-green waters of Scotland's Holy Loch, past the Argyll highlands and into the North Atlantic slipped the nuclear-powered SSB (N) 608-more popularly known as the U.S. submarine Ethan Allen. From the wind-whipped surface it nosed silently into the world beneath, a world where time itself hung motionless. Aboard were 16 Polaris missiles-with a total destructive power greater than all the bombs exploded in World War II. The Ethan Allen, on what its captain called "a full wartime footing," was setting out on its regular 60-day patrol...
...force de frappe, but had pointedly expressed his hopes that it would eventually be assigned to NATO. Snapped one official: "The French have now given seven different reasons why De Gaulle turned down British membership. The only thing they haven't claimed yet is that it was because Scotland beat France 11-6 at rugby." The real reason why De Gaulle vetoed Britain, retorted Foreign Secretary Lord Home, was that "two visions of Europe had come into head-on collision. One was of Europe so ordered that it would be a third force, protected, exclusive, Narcissus-like...
...swap, the Joint Chiefs had begun considering the phase-out of bases in Turkey, Italy, and in England as well. The dismantling of the 60 Thor missiles in Britain is to begin this spring. More than compensating for their loss are eight Polaris subs operating out of Holy Loch, Scotland, each toting 16 missiles. To replace the 15 Jupiters in Turkey and the 30 in Italy, the U.S. plans to deploy possibly six subs in Mediterranean waters. Total firepower: 96 missiles, each with a nuclear-tipped warhead packing the equivalent of 800,000 tons of TNT. Compared with Jupiter...
...mine, he patiently explained to the miners the need to close unprofitable mines and automate the remaining ones. His down-to-earth, ex-union leader's approach won the miners' support. With a minimum of furor, Robens has closed 50 marginal mines in northern England and Scotland, moved many of the displaced workers to expanding mines in the Midlands. A 4% raise in miners' wages last year was more than offset by an 8% increase in productivity; today the output per man in British mines is the highest in Europe...
...Wonderful World of Golf starts a series on NBC pitting American pros against foreign pros on foreign courses. It is so fussily produced that huge camera booms are camouflaged to look like natural vegetation. The host-commentator is Gene Sarazen. In the first match, Gene Littler plays against Scotland's Eric Brown at Gleneagles. Byron Nelson will take on Holland's Gerry de Wit at The Hague. The U.S.'s Dave Ragan will play against the Philippines' Celestino Tugot at Manila's Wack-Wack Golf Club. So it goes...