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...rushing, punishing torrent of the plane's slipstream and propwash. Air Force Lieutenant Thomas Ansberry took the C-123 up from 1,600 to 3,000 ft., let down flaps, slowed his plane to about 70 knots. With two crewmen the copilot went aft to try to pull on the slick, virtually gripless static line (two-inch wide, ribbon-thin nylon webbing) against the dead weight of Paratrooper Flugum's 170 Ibs. and the massive press of air. They could see Flugum desperately trying to claw at the choking strap of his helmet. His lips time and time...
...Call You. In Greensboro, N.C., Charles W. Craddock filed suit for $15,000 damages, claimed his dentist dropped a two-inch root-canal reamer down his throat, told him to "go home and forget about...
...been very lucky. Every boxer must now use 12-ounce gloves (vs. 10-ounce in 1930's). Headgeers which also protect the ears and forehead are required. And fighters must have steel athletic supporters and a rubber mouth piece. In addition, the ring must have a mat with a two-inch padding...
Smoker's Hack. In Knoxville, Tenn., Golden Gibson, 43, reached absentmindedly for a cigarette, stuck a two-inch firecracker in his mouth and lit it, announced from his hospital bed that he had decided to give up smoking...
...week long, important callers moved in and out of the Gettysburg office, where two-inch, bulletproof glass in heavy steel frames had just been placed over the windows. Marion Folsom, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, and Budget Director Rowland Hughes went in to talk about the HEW budget. Massachusetts' wise, cowlicked Representative Joe Martin, 71, Republican leader of the House, and California's pin-neat, trim (down 25 Ibs. to 208) William Knowland, minority leader of the Senate, went in for separate conferences on legislation, with incidental attention to politics. Each talked to the President about what...