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Scientists from the AEC, the U.S. Bureau of Mines, the University of California's Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and the Kennecott Copper Corp. have proposed a test (named Project Sloop* by the AEC) near Safford, Ariz. There, under a layer of volcanic rock more than 500 ft. thick, Kennecott test drillings have revealed a 2-billion-ton reserve of ore containing about 4/10 of 1% of copper...
...Project Sloop will cost an estimated $13 million, and could take 30 months from authorization through evaluation. If it works, technicians using nuclear devices as powerful as 100 kilotons may some day be able to process tens of millions of tons of ore containing copper that is now beyond man's grasp...
...cares? "Sailing keeps you alive," says Chicago Psychiatrist Thaddeus Kostrubala, proud owner of a highly therapeutic 32-ft. cruising sloop. "It's a link with nature, with God, with the primeval. It touches your fantasy, your very wellspring. You have to read Conrad to really understand." For those who race, the motivation has a keener edge. "The sport is marvelously complex and terribly competitive," says Bill Parks. "It's a great challenge because there are so many variables: the wind, the weather, water conditions, other boats. You have to tune your boat, get the optimum performance...
...were mostly business, buckling down to help his father manage the family millions (real estate, oil, natural gas), sailing only occasionally and then just for fun. When he finally did return to competition in 1949, Bus did it with a broadside: he skippered a 33-ft. International One-Design sloop to victory in the Amorita Cup in Bermuda, then sailed a 6-meter to victory in the British-American Cup at the Isle of Wight. As the song goes, it was a very good year: at a Manhattan cocktail party that September, he met Patricia Ryan, a pretty, dark-haired...
...have a little competition from Susan. She was an International-class sloop that Bus sailed in 1950-thereby launching one of the most phenomenal winning streaks in U.S. yachting history. The International skippers whom Bus took on that summer were the elite of U.S. racing: Arthur Knapp, regarded as the best sailor to windward in the business; Bill Luders, a topnotch helmsman and naval architect; and Shields-the very man who had introduced the International to the U.S. 14 years before.-Bus beat them all-that year, the next, the next, the next, the next, the next, the next...