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...continual harassment. Noticeably annoyed, President Kennedy called dropping the aluminum chaff "a particularly dangerous kind of action.'' The U.S. seemed more determined than ever to fight if the Russians nudge too hard in the corridors. U.S. jet fighters, armed with Sidewinder missiles, recently have been aloft at the Western end of the Berlin air lanes, ready to reach the scene of trouble in minutes. Giant U.S. C-133 Cargomasters, capable of hauling huge trailer trucks, began practice runs up to West Berlin in case an airlift might soon be needed...
...news along with the good, does its best to show how the U.S. is moving to improve itself. "Prejudice exists in the U.S.," one broadcast said candidly, then went on to outline the nation's progress in winning civil rights for Negroes. When Astronaut John Glenn went aloft last month, his entire flight was broadcast live in English on the VOA network by announcers who were fully prepared to keep right on reporting the news if disaster struck...
...with its applause, although Nureev, impressed with his quiet authority, and Fonteyn danced radiantly, even if her hand positions seemed awkward at times. It was in the second act that Nureev-Fonteyn captured their audience. Nureev put on a breath-catching display of classic male dancing, lifted Fonteyn effortlessly aloft, spurred her on to a performance full of fluency and lyric ardor. At the ballet's climax, when Fonteyn cradled Nureev's head in her arms as he lay on the point of death, there was a quick intake of breath audible through the entire house...
...dash in 9.7 sec., needs only an abbreviated, 104-ft. approach (standard: 130-140 ft.) to reach top speed. He gets so much lift that he needs only a cut-down, 14-ft. 11-in. pole to propel his body across a 16-ft.-high bar. Aloft he is unusually graceful, clearing the crossbar with his feet tucked closely together, stomach sucked in, arms flung high over his head. Uelses never rests between vaults. He paces back and forth, stares up at the crossbar, tidies up the runway with a broom. "Mental attitude is the main thing," he says...
...most important thing," says Pole Vaulter John Uelses, 24, "is having the crowd with you.'' Last year at the Millrose Games the crowd had hardly noticed the crewcut Marine corporal. This time he heaved himself aloft on his new fiberglass pole with neat precision-and the crowd was with him all the way. When the pole unbent to give him a final boost, Uelses became the first man ever to vault 16 ft. He had cleared the bar at 16 ft. ¾ in. (Next night in Boston he beat his own record, went over...