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Boyd testified that he attempted in vain to prevent Dodd's going to Germany, at Klein's request, to placate cli ents of the publicist who were unhappy over criticism of Klein in a Senate committee investigation. It was April 1964, and Dodd was floor manager for two sections of the Civil Rights bill. "He understood it was a bad time to go," Boyd testified, "but he said, 'I have to go.' He said, 'Julius has been pressing me and pressing...
...heavily and perspiring, Cernan soon saturated the atmosphere inside his space suit with more moisture than the suit's evaporator unit could handle. Moisture condensed and then froze on the cold plastic of his helmet visor, almost totally obscuring his vision. After increasing his oxygen flow in a vain attempt to clear his visor, Cernan continued to check out the AMU. But just before he was scheduled to emerge from the adapter and jet off into space, Commander Stafford reluctantly scrubbed the experiment. "No go for the AMU," he reported to Houston. "The pilot's fogged up completely...
...quickly suggested a solution: to nudge the obstructing shroud out of the way by flying up and hitting it gently with Gemini's docking bar. Safety-conscious controllers in Houston vetoed the scheme, instead electronically commanded ATDA's movable docking collar to extend and contract, in a vain try to shake the shroud loose. Another idea was to allow Astronaut Cernan to pry or cut the shroud loose during his scheduled space walk; this was also rejected for fear that the sharp edges might puncture his space suit. Houston reluctantly called off the docking operation, reshuffled the schedule...
Less enchanted was Jim Bishop, who wrote in his syndicated column that he had read the story twice, looking in vain for TIME'S answer to the question. Author Bishop's mind must have been on another Day, for TIME'S positive view of God permeated the story. Perhaps he skipped too hurriedly over such lines as: "Faith is something of an irrational leap in the dark, a gift...
...parachute? To simulate a mid-air breakup, the scientists dropped bomb parts from a high-flying plane at White Sands Missile Range, then photographed the craters made by the parts as they hit the ground. The pictures were rushed to Palomares, where searchers looked in vain for similar patterns on Spanish soil...