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...acrobatic Flying Wallendas have been performing their spine-tingling act on the high wire, always without a net. Since the Wallenda family settled in the U.S. in the 1920s, four members have toppled to death, and a fifth was permanently paralyzed in a fall. Now Steve Wallenda, 17, the youngest male of the proud family, who could have revitalized the troupe, has called it quits -for a high flying career with the U.S. paratroops. "I just like heights-on our first jump we will be jumping from 1,200 ft.," said Steve. "The highest I ever got in the circus...
Three Skills. After competing in all three of rodeo's riding events-bareback, saddle broncs and bulls-Mahan last year became the second-youngest man ever to win the All-Around Cow boy title (rodeo's equivalent of Most Valuable Player) and the fourth-highest money winner of all time when he collected $40,358. Last week at the Phoenix Jaycee Rodeo, he won $2,138 (plus a $750 jeweled belt buckle) to run his 1967 prizes to $17,262, a full $6,134 more than his closest competitor for All-Around honors and by far the highest...
Married. Mia Kim, 25, youngest of the three Korean-born Kim sisters, currently giving an Oriental touch to U.S. song-and-dance on the nightclub circuit; and Tommy Vig, 27, jazz vibraphonist; in a Jewish ceremony in Las Vegas...
When possible replacements for Lodge were being considered over State Department kaffeeklatsches in Washington, many a Foreign Service officer muttered ruefully: "If only Bunker weren't so old . . ." Actually, in everything but chronology he is one of the youngest men in the department. Last January Bunker married comely U.S. Ambassador to Nepal Carol Laise, 49, honeymooning in the tiger-infested Himalayan foothills outside Katmandu. During an ambassadorial stint in New Delhi (1957-61) that won him abiding affection among Indians...
...discourage the rebellious Anya Nya (named for the poison of the black Mamba snake) with retaliatory raids on southern villages. Instead, Sadik established "peace villages" where tribesmen intimidated by the Anya Nya could live under the protection of his troops. In quiet, unemotional tones, the world's second youngest head of government (Burundi's Michel Micombero is only 26) convinced the bush chieftains of his tolerant outlook. He also promised to hold elections in the southern districts now unrepresented in the 233-member Constituent Assembly, which is charged with framing the Sudan's first permanent constitution...