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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...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 again mutely formed "Please, please, please...
...hours, the crewmen inched Flugum up with rope and static line. Finally he was at the hatch, his elbows almost in. A crewman seized each hand, a third grabbed at his fatigues. Flugum could not help himself, the sweat-slick hands of the rescuers could not hold the unbearable weight. Flugum tumbled down again in the roaring torrent...
Born. To Margaret Truman, 33, daughter of ex-President Harry Truman, and Elbert Clifton Daniel Jr., 44, assistant to the foreign editor of the New York Times: a son, their first child; in Manhattan (see PEOPLE). Name: Clifton Truman. Weight...
Born. To Hal March (real name: Harold Mendelson), 36, TV quizmaster ($64,000 Question), and Candy Toxton, 31, onetime model: a boy, their first child; in Manhattan. Name: Peter Lindsay. Weight...
...knocked out, it will be difficult to tighten the tax laws much without seriously cutting the flow of funds to charities. The great problem for Congress: taxes have reached the point where it is worth almost any taxpayer's time and trouble to avoid the full weight...