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...Jungle Jim was off the ground, rounding up men and air planes. Each volunteer undergoes three separate psychological interviews, a check of his family situation to make sure he can leave for a risky mission on short notice, and a grueling 21-day survival course at Nevada's Stead Air Force Base. Each officer and airman of the Air Commandos must know how to do every job in the outfit. The aircraft are picked with equal care for reliability and ease of repair under primitive conditions. The T-28s fly slowly (top speed: 346 m.p.h.) and low enough...
...formula for victory consisted of ingredients that have stood sox in good stead all season long: if not powerful hitting, slick ing, and sheer, blind, incredible After Boston pitchers had blown lead twice, Lu Clinton's two-out drove in Carroll Hardy with the run in the bottom...
...musical background later stood him in good stead. In 1957, teamed with ten-year-old Star Eddie Hodges of The Music Man, he won $12,500 on a TV quiz show called Name That Tune. *President Kennedy was confused about this flight last week in praising Glenn. Said Kennedy: "Some years ago, as a Marine pilot, he raced the sun across this country?and lost." Glenn could not have raced the sun even if he had wanted to, since he flew from west to east...
...enemy, says Shoup, is "how damn good he is" as a fighter. Nor does Uncle Dave have any opinion at all on where or when the Marines should fight. "Wherever the Commander in Chief sends us," he declares, "our equipment, weapons and training will stand us in good stead. Whether we go or not is none of my damned business...
...they could not get recognition from the Chair, knew they could come to McCormack with their problem. His invariable answer: "You just sit by me for a minute, and I'll get the floor for you." The many favors he has done will stand Speaker McCormack in good stead...