Word: two-year-old
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...last week, after the seclusion imposed upon her by the Secret Service, she became radiant over the opportunity to attend a midnight Christmas Mass and to enjoy a glittering tree surrounded by donated gifts. Inside the 20 large boxes were clothes and toys, including 15 dolls for two-year-old June and two-month-old Rachel. Marina visited with her brother-in-law, Robert Oswald, made a brief trip to her husband's grave on the outskirts of Fort Worth, and asked that a simple stone be placed above it. Well-wishers have donated $23,000 to help...
Also at issue is a two-year-old student petition for weekday parietal hours. In an editorial Tuesday, the Justice, the Brandeis student weekly, said the petition had turned into a "plaque of mold" and called for liberalization of the rules...
...Navy is anguished by McNamara's recent rejection of its request that its next carrier be built with a nuclear propulsion plant as was the two-year-old carrier Enterprise. The decision led some admirals to complain that the Navy cannot hope to have its second nuclear carrier in operation before 1971. And if the Navy has not gone nuclear by then, moans one, "it will be too late." The broader questions of just which type of ships should be nuclear and what role carriers should perform in the future are the subjects of Enthoven's ominous studies...
...Two days later, the other half of Greentree Stable had some sharp words about the treatment of four-footed athletes by two-footed businessmen. Speaking at the Thoroughbred Club of America, Mrs. Payson's brother, John Hay ("Jock") Whitney, 59, told horsemen that with the "monumental exception" of Kelso (see SPORT), thoroughbred "mediocrity has been so spectacular that it can no longer be ignored." Why so? Simply because commercialism is taking over the sport, said Jock. "The rewards, whether for winning or for losing, offer almost irresistible temptations to race a two-year-old more than is good...
...record was enough to scare off most opponents: only five horses showed up to contest the $108,800 race. They made up in quality what they lacked in quantity: included in the field were Never Bend, a sleek bay sprinter who had earned more money as a two-year-old ($402,969) than any horse in history, and Carry Back, the 1961 Derby Winner and a millionaire in his own right (winnings: $1,197,115). Willie Shoemaker was riding Never Bend, and his strategy was simple: get out in front and stay there. Driving out of the gate, he opened...