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...years." Mrs. Tooze then predicted that Prohibition would make a comeback in ten years or so, and confidently informed 565 fellow teetotalers at the group's annual convention in 86-proof Miami that "the liquor industry is worried about us." "She has the most fantastic figure since Venus de Milo - absolutely perfect," recalled one disarmed Hollywood gent who retains fond memories of French Actress Agnes Laurent, 26, although she once bopped him. Not so for Cinema Scion Arthur Loew Jr., 35, who was rushed to the emergency room of the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital to have nine stitches taken...
Some have theorized that the planet is nothing but a baked desert; others that it is covered with oceans. Still others have concluded that Venus' atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide and nitrogen; they argue that there is neither enough water nor enough oxygen there to support life...
When Mariner comes close to Venus, a radiometer will scan the planet's surface to detect the microwave emissions that would indicate the presence of water in the atmosphere and the temperature at the planet's surface. In a companion experiment, an infra-red radiometer will also scan Venus to get readings on temperature and atmospheric conditions...
From Mariner's radioed reports, scientists hope to put together information that will help them decide about the possibility of Venusian life. But even if they decide that Venus is a lifeless lump in space, Mariner II may still provide the basic data that will some day help man to plan his first voyage to the nearest planet...
...Soviet scientists had attempted a similar feat two days earlier, failed. Last week tracking stations picked up three of the Russian rocket components orbiting the earth; the fourth burned up in the atmosphere. The previous Soviet Venus probe in 1961 suffered a radio communications blackout after 18 days...