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...noses waits day & night for the summons to take the air. They are "all-weather interceptors" (Lockheed F-94s of the 52nd Fighter All-Weather Wing), ready to leap at a moment's notice into action against an enemy invader. The signal they are waiting for is a speck on a radarscope, picked up perhaps in Newfoundland or on a ship at sea. If the Russians come over the pole or Greenland (the shortest route), interceptors from New England bases will be first in the air. If they come over the Atlantic, McGuire will "scramble" to meet them...
...bombs. The chemical separation process, accomplished by remote control from behind thick shields, results in a crude mixture of fission products and nonradioactive chemicals. Radioactivity of the mixture varies, but may be as high as 1,000 curies* per lb.-about twice as active as radium, the smallest visible speck of which is dangerous. Further refining raises the activity to 5,000 or 10,000 curies per lb. Stanford Institute believes that the crude stuff can be marketed for 10? to $1.00 per curie. (The present price of radium: $16,000 per curie...
...through the highest courts of the land and deep into the hard, rotten heart of the Alabama penal system. But in July 1948, Haywood Patterson finally made it. He escaped from Alabama's Kilby prison, crossed the Mason-Dixon line and hid out, a fugitive, an almost forgotten speck on the national conscience-the eighth of the Scottsboro Boys to get out of jail...
...half mile, though, Harvard had a half length lead. Shortly after, Cornell, rowing at 33, closed in slightly, but as the boats passed the mile mark the Crimson had a speck of open water on its opponent...
This week, Cripps spoke in St. Paul's Cathedral, the first layman so invited at a regular service. Under the vast, golden dome, Cripps, in a dark business suit,* seemed a tiny black speck as he walked stiffly up the marble staircase to the red-canopied pulpit. Said Insomniac Cripps: "When in the stillness of the night we face the tremendous dangers of the modern world, let us listen for the still small voice of God which can instill courage, calm and strength into our hearts . . . Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow I die . . . may smack of boldness...