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...equipped much better than most groups. They had the combined experience of climbing on every continent of the world and their leader was a cool-headed veteran of two Antarctica expeditions. I find their loss only a little short of unbelievable. It is interesting to note that all fatal accidents on Mount McKinley have involved very experienced climbers. Mountaineers should be aware that infrequent situations do occur that probably no one can cope with. To suggest that this recent disaster could have been foreseen would not only discredit the victims but also be unfair to future expeditions...
...Your Aug. 18 tribute to Bus Mosbacher is long overdue, for he has clearly established his right to the place that Cornelius Shields was forced to vacate after a near-fatal heart attack. The 1958 campaign must stand as Bus's finest season, despite what might happen this fall, for only against great adversity is a man truly tested. Bus did something to Vim and her crew that is rare in the annals of yachting. He took a boat that was hopelessly outclassed by 19 years of technological advances in the field of hull design and breathed a life...
...just finished a study of young male drivers for the University of Michigan. "Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for young men between 16 and 24. Although young male drivers amount to only one-eighth of all registered drivers, they are responsible for a third of all fatal accidents." As a result, they are being killed in epidemic proportions. Last year the total was 12,200-more than double the number of U.S. servicemen who died in Viet...
...traffic violations. "When they begin driving, they are aglow with new skill and somewhat careful," says Schuman. "If they have accidents, they are usually merely fender benders. Later, they want faster cars and take more chances." Accidents for drivers over 21 and under 25 are fewer-but more often fatal...
When the researchers injected Hel-RNA into mice and then gave the animals a second injection of a normally fatal dose of an encephalitis virus, 73% of the animals survived, as against only 3% of unprotected mice. The score was still better when the RNA preparation was put into the animals' noses and they were exposed to a pneumonia virus: 90% survived, whereas every one of the unprotected comparison group of mice died...