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Died. Henry Dixon Cowell, 68, U.S. composer and musical pioneer who remained blithely unconcerned about the many storms that raged around his slambang, fist-and-forearm "tone cluster" piano technique in the '20s and '30s and, declaring that modern composers "can't beat Beethoven at his own game," went on to pursue his vigorous ideas in more than 1,000 pieces, which he scored for everything from Pyrex bowls to lyre-like Japanese kotos; of uremia; in Shady...
Appearing in Western-style dress to give his State-of-the-Union message to Congress, President Johnson urges that the moon be renamed "Kennedy" and then invites all legislators and their wives to a "real slambang" pit barbecue on the White House Lawn. The Bell Telephone Company announces that five-digit postal ZIP codes will be substituted for three-digit area codes "in order to lessen the number of codes a person must remember...
...Archibald MacLeish's anguished reappraisal of God's way with man, in a slambang staging by Elia Kazan...
...introducing as its summer uniform) had staged a remarkable public-relations session in Puerto Rico. Among those on hand was Brigadier General Robert Lee (God Is My Co-Pilot) Scott, fired with zeal in his new job as information director for the Air Force. Scott had prepared a slambang, let-out-all-stops press campaign, celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Strategic Air Command and aimed at proving to the U.S. public once and for all that, with its "spectacular mobility" and its "complete arsenal of destructive weapons," the U.S. Air Force "outmodes the most modern surface forces...
...slambang afternoon, including a few gashed faces, a lot of body bruises and an occasional bloody shin. Blond Ron Beagle, who offsets his clumsiness with the crosse by his ferocious shoulder blocks, rattled ribs all over the field. It was just this sort of overaggressive play that meant the end of Navy's record of 19 straight victories. With the score tied 8-8 in the final quarter, Beagle and a teammate wound up in the penalty box. Maryland's Charlie Wicker, best player on the field, promptly set up the play that scored the winning goal...