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...easy relaxation: grey-green carpets on the floors, rich green gabardine on the walls, white vinyl plastic on the ceiling. In the spacious stateroom, with its bleached walnut woodwork and grey-green-striped boucle upholstery, the Eisenhowers may fasten themselves with green safety belts into two big green swivel chairs, gazing out at blue sky through green-curtained windows. At night they may retire on the two wide green divans that convert into luxurious three-quarter beds, falling asleep to the strains of recorded symphonic music...
...Long Ball. There is little danger of Mike's collapsing. He has the crowd-proof calm of a winner. Once he is on the tee, his green eyes settle into a squint, his rugged shoulders swivel through a couple of practice swings; then he steps up to belt the ball a country mile. Lately he has been trying so hard to substitute control for power that his drives sometimes roll out to a mere 300 yards. A perfectionist with his irons, Mike is one of those rare types, a long-ball hitter who can also handle approaches and putts...
...bringing golfers up to the 19th Hole still feeling fresh, Power Cadd, Inc., Littleton, Colo, has put on sale a power-driven cart that carries golf bags (one-or two-bag models), operates on two 12-volt batteries. A switch regulates the Power-Caddy's speed; a swivel wheel gives finger-tip steering. Price: around...
...Meeker was doing his swivel-hipping to perfection this morning. He also hit his right end with two long beautiful aerials that Meeker should have turned into additional scores. But both times, obviously showing the effects of Friday's contest, he was caught from behind...
...nozzles mounted on outriggers. When the Bedstead is tilted forward, the jet stream thrusts it ahead. Similarly, pulling the nose up causes the jets to drive it backward. The Bedstead is strictly an experimental device, has gone only 25 feet in the air. But Bell believes that its new swivel-jet plane, with wings, tail and rudder, can be developed into a practical plane...