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...mound, situated fittingly enough in the narrow, 110-yd. corridor of no man's land between East and West Berlin. Countless Adolf Hitler squares or streets in German cities and towns have been renamed, often in honor of such heroes of the plots to overthrow him as Klaus von Stauffenberg, Julius Leber and Lutheran Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Adolf, once a popular name, is seldom bestowed on German children today. About the only lasting memento is the 1,800 miles of modern autobahnen Hitler built, but even these highways have been broadened, resurfaced and extended beyond recognition...
...first cover story on space exploration in December 1952, TIME quoted Dr. Wernher von Braun as saying that manned space flight was "as sure as the rising of the sun." Dr. Von Braun's conviction was greeted with great skepticism. But his prophecy proved 100% right, and at each step along the way TIME has recorded the many triumphs-and occasional tragedies-of mankind's journey to the stars. Each flight has produced its moments of breathtaking suspense, culminating in Apollo 11's moon landing and Neil Armstrong's first step on the lunar surface...
...Milwaukee, he frightened his neighbors by firing a homemade rocket 80 feet into the air. Entering Annapolis in 1948, he was allowed only one elective course, a language. He chose German and then used his newly acquired linguistic skill to read the writings of a little-known scientist, Wernher von Braun. Convinced of the coming importance of rocketry, he accurately predicted many current space-flight advances-much to the amusement of his Naval Academy roommate, who teased him, "Lovell, some day you're going to the moon." A skilled test pilot who helped develop the weapon system...
Tchaikovsky once wrote to his patroness Nadezhda von Meek: "A creative artist leads a double life, one part of it being human, the other artistic. They do not always coincide." They still don't. The real question is which Tchaikovsky will turn up on the Late Show (munch, crunch) ten years from...
There are reports that Guatemala is trying to solve the problem in a grislier way. Some of the political prisoners demanded in exchange for Von Spreti are reported to have been killed in "prison riots." Some Latin Americans speculate that such disturbances will continue until all 22 are dead...