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There was no information last night on whether the independent barbershop in the Commander Hotel, which traditionally charges students $1.25 for a clipping, would join the march skyward...
...outer space." There were a few scare headlines in the U.S., but intelligence sources voiced strong doubt that Khrushchev's flyswatter really existed. Last week the U.S. answered his boast with a well-timed rejoinder. On Kwajalein atoll in the mid-Pacific, a winged Nike-Zeus missile lurched skyward atop a shaft of flame, soared more than 100,000 feet, and-for the first time-intercepted an intercontinental ballistic missile that had been launched some 20 minutes earlier at 16,000 m.p.h. from California, 4,700 miles away...
...oozed over the oak-rimmed ravines of California's Vandenberg Air Force Base, a disembodied voice roared out of the loudspeakers: "Strike order received! Clear the silo!" Moments later, the 400-ton steel and concrete doors of an underground Atlas silo yawned, and the missile poked its nose skyward. The countdown continued. At last, an intense yellow light bloomed through the fog as the Atlas rose from its pad like an inverted candle. The voice bawled: "Missile away!" The monster doors swung shut as the Atlas sped through the darkness toward its target 5,000 miles away...
Laos: Strange Calm. Across the river, Vientiane seemed under siege. Rockets hissed skyward above the muddy water...
...Pare, they had only to look out the window for evidence that Salan's S.A.O.* was still desperately trying to sabotage peace. French security forces prowled the town, armed motorboats guarded the water approaches over Lake Geneva, army halftracks along the esplanade pointed the snouts of antiaircraft guns skyward. In Paris, the S.A.O. struck massively by exploding a booby-trapped car on a crowded suburban street. Before signing the closely detailed, 100-page peace treaty, the F.L.N. demanded a guarantee that De Gaulle's government be ready and willing to crush the S.A.O. Failing that, the F.L.N. wanted...