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Dean Bundy, a staunch Republican, concurred with Democrats Adlai Stevenson and J. Kenneth Galbraith, professor of Economics, in urging that more of the national product be devoted to education and less to "tail fins." The three appeared on WGBH-TV's panel show "Search for Truth," Sunday afternoon...
...miles above the earth at its highest point, and taking slightly longer (1 hr. 43.7 min.) to complete a circuit. The instrumented section is not designed to separate from the casing of the final-stage rocket, as Sputnik I did. This suggests that the rocket can be deliberately turned tail forward. If it burns fuel in this position, its speed will be reduced, bringing it back to earth...
...relief, the U.S. aircraft industry learned last week that the Defense Department would pay its bills after all. To 28 major airframe and missile contractors, Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy sent a telegram rescinding the harsh 25% reduction in progress payment on contracts that recently threw manufacturers into a tail spin (TIME, Oct. 28). In its place, the Defense Department announced a new, less rigid series of payment "targets," under which the planemakers would get at least 80%, and possibly 90%, of their costs for work in progress...
Aided by a 35-mile per hour tail-wind, right inside Charlie Polletti headed in a corner kick with only four minutes left to play. Dunster pressed hard during the first half, but could not break through the powerful Eliot defense. With only three games left in the season, Eliot appears a sure bet for the title...
...weighing souls with the Devil, before a splendid red background decorated with gold stars. Michael has caught the Devil cheating by tipping the scales, and sadly points a shaming finger. Yet to be discovered is the lesser devil compounding the crime by tugging on the weight devil's tail. In an age of crusades and pilgrimages, when Christians intensely fought the struggle between the legions of Christ and the forces of evil from the age of reason until the very moment of death, the note of humor in the scene probably was lost on most of the people...