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...South Africa," and for the 27th time in six months the British embassy lodged a protest with the Japanese government. This time they backed their arguments with an ore sample stolen from dockside and chemically analyzed to prove its Rhodesian origin. The Japanese coolly replied that since the chrome bore South African certificates, it must be from South Africa...
...full saga of Army Staff Sergeant Jimmy G. Stewart's heroism near An Khe in May last year lies buried with him. But eight Viet Cong corpses sprawled around his body bore testimony to the ferocity of the 23-year-old air cavalryman's last fight to shield five wounded comrades. As the only member of his six-man squad left unhurt by the Viet Cong's first surprise onslaught, Stewart alone battled a platoon for four hours, beating back three savage assaults. When his M-16 rifle was empty, Stewart crawled through a barrage of bullets...
...Bregman politely points out that she could earn eight to ten times as much per week in pictures, but for all the trauma and financial sacrifice, Sandy is happier on Broadway than in Hollywood. "Standing around waiting for sets to be lit and scenes to be shot is a bore. I'd do plays all the time," she says, "but there really aren't that many good ones around...
...every sky-gazer knows, only one face of the moon is visible. Terrestrial gravity has locked onto the moon's near side, which always faces the earth. Some scientists have theorized that the hidden side bore many more craters and pockmarks than the visible face. That concept was first shaken by Lunar Orbiter 4, which mapped some 60% of the far side. Last week, Lunar Orbiter 5 knocked the notion completely into a cocked hat while completing...
Cracking Rifles. The first two productions bore him out. On opening night, Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov had a cast of 280 bedecked in pounds of furs, brocade, velvet, gems and clattering swords. Czar Boris' throne room in the last act was a breathtaking showcase of Byzantine opulence, with richly colored frescoes on the multidomed ceiling and an elaborately carved golden throne beneath two 800-lb. chandeliers. In Prokofiev's War and Peace, which ran for four hours the following night and called for 40 soloists even in the condensed version, some scenes were framed...