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...minute alarm, sounded over civil defense sirens and broadcast over radio and TV, unquestionably held down the death toll. Most people had time to scurry for refuge. Residents of the luxurious Huntington Park apartment complex found safety in the basement sauna room as the entire second floor was being ripped away. At the Circus Tavern, pool players dove under tables, emerging safely minutes later from ten feet of debris. The legend of Burnett's Mound disappeared into the funnel. "I never did think it was true," said one tearful resident as he picked amidst the rubble of his home...
...Plei Me, it was the newly arrived 1st Air Cavalry that came charging-and by rotors not roads. In the month-long battle that followed, Giap's soldiers at first stood their ground and fought ferociously, sending the U.S. death toll up to 240 in one week, the highest of the war. But Communist losses were far higher, owing in large part to the 1st Air Cav's helicoptered artillery, rocket-firing choppers and tactical air support. Giap's men finally broke and ran, and the 1st Air Cav relentlessly pursued them in a campaign culminating...
...injuries began to take their toll in the later events. Yale shut Harvard out in the 220-yard dash and then won the triple jump and the discus. Yale's Rich Mattes led with a twirl of only 142' 3 1/2". Harvard's Bruce Hendendal was second at 140' 7 1/2" and Ajootian, who set a freshman record this year with a have of 166' 11", could only manage a third place finish...
...more difficult than the finances suggest. The world's greatest smallpox reservoir is the Indian subcontinent. In the 1950-51 winter epidemic season, the Republic of India recorded 225,000 cases and 57,000 deaths. By herculean efforts involving 420 million vaccinations, India has cut the toll, and the 1965-66 figures are expected to be closer to 10,000 cases and 2,500 deaths-an enormous achievement, even allowing for continued underreporting. The improvement has been made despite manpower shortages, and the fact that ordinary vaccine will not keep for more than a day in torrid India...
...playoff semifinals. By comparison, the main thing the Red Wings had going for them was Gordie Howe, the alltime scoring champion (with 624 goals) of the N.H.L. But Gordie was 37 and slowing down; eleven other Red Wings were 30 or older, and the long season was taking its toll...