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...something went wrong-perhaps a failure in the Snark's guidance system. Ignoring its ground-to-electronic-brain orders, the errant missile veered sharply out of flight pattern and shot westward. When the missile's ground-locked pilots realized it was out of control, they pushed the button that was supposed to blow it up in midair. But the Snark refused to commit suicide. When last seen by radar, it was slipping over the South American horizon. Happily, it carried no warhead...
...have gone to war over Hungary. It is a possibility. But had these critics sat in the National Security Council, responsible for the decision, could they have said: "There is a 40% chance-maybe even 50%-that the Russians will not strike back. Therefore I will press the button"? Such a decision would involve not only American skins, but the lives of all the men and women of Moscow, and the lives of all those Europeans who live in between, including the Hungarians...
Mort made his way through the tables and on to the stage, his crimson, V-necked sweater glistening in the light. He wore an unbuttoned, button-down shirt, a few hairs showing at the opening near his throat. He was from California...
...setting up L.C.A., Satenstein took his cue from the Boy Scouts. If youngsters will work and hike and study to earn Scout merit badges, why can't they be induced to read for similar rewards? To each of its chapters, L.C.A. sends free buttons, pins, banners and certificates. After reading four books, a pupil gets a plastic membership button. Six more books bring a bronze-coated honor pin, and eight more bring the gold-plated life membership button. L.C.A. makes no attempt to dictate what books are to be read, lets local teachers and librarians improvise on the basic...
Saturday Spectacular (Sat. 9 p.m., NBC). High Button Shoes, with Nanette Fabray, Don Ameche, Hal March...