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Only once in 18 marvelous holes did Nicklaus fail to hit a green in regulation figures. On the 520-yd.. par-five 15th, Nicklaus boomed his drive so far-about 320 yds.-that he was able to reach the green with a No. 5 iron. Two putts gave him an easy birdie. Five other birdies gave him a six-under-par 66 for the day, best round of the entire tournament, and just two strokes off Lloyd Mangrum's 23-year-old course record...
...program, which costs $500 million a year, is just one blade of the scissors that the textile industry finds itself caught between. U.S. foreign policy is the other. More than 50 countries have virtually embargoed U.S. textile imports by one means or another. Japan last year exported 135 million yds. of cloth to the U.S., but permitted U.S. imports of only 490.000 yds. The State Department resists imposing stiffer import quotas and tariffs because it does not want to damage the economies of nations that the U.S. is trying to prop up. When President Kennedy himself proposed...
...because I am so used to running a mile pace, which calls for about a 58-sec. first quarter." His time for the quarter: 1 min. 1.5 sec., just .5 sec. ahead of plan. At the halfway mark, his last challenger, Canada's Bruce Kidd, fell 15 yds. behind. All by himself, Beatty continued on-pat, pat, pat, his feet making almost no sound on the board track, his elbows wide, wrists dangling loosely, body starchly erect...
...Suddenly, at the three-quarter mark, O'Hara popped out of the pack and burst ahead. Sensing an upset, the crowd was on its feet as they pounded into the backstretch. Both runners kicked into the final sprint. Slowly Beatty pulled ahead of O'Hara about 60 yds. from the line, and with a quick peek over his shoulder clipped the tape to win by three yards...
Kennedy's competitive instincts were aroused by an old T.R. order requiring that all Marine Corps company officers be able to march 50 miles in 20 hours, double-timing the last 700 yds. Marine Commandant David M. Shoup, a physical-fitness bug, had dug the order out of the corps files, sent it on to Kennedy as a curiosity. Replying to Shoup, History Buff Kennedy noted: "President Roosevelt laid down such requirements not only for the officers of the Marine Corps but, when possible, for members of his own family, members of his staff and Cabinet, and even...