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...installed or on order 2,800 Pinspotters in 17 foreign countries, counts on the nascent global bowling boom to substantially increase its 1960 overseas sales of $22 million. To expand its line of recreational equipment, AMF has bought W. J. Voit Rubber Corp. (tread rubber, scuba gear), Ben Hogan Co. (golfing equipment), and Wen-Mac Corp. (engine-powered toy airplanes...
...filet mignon wrapped in bacon was characteristic of the substantial but lowresidue diet that astronauts stick to when about to make a flight. After eating, Shepard got an elaborate physical examination. Everything was normal; so he moved to the suiting room to get into his space gear...
...Disaster. For the first time in the tensest quarter-hour of his life, Alan Shepard could afford to forget the intricate complex of rescue gear that had been guarding his path from Pad 5 to U.S.S. Lake Champlain. Few men in history have been watched over so cautiously. Long before he blasted off, Astronaut Shepard had become the focus of a vast deployment of equipment and personnel. Everything imaginable had been done to ensure his safety...
...Mistake. At first the CAB men checked out the mechanical variables. They pored into the history of the 15-year-old plane, found it sound. They recovered its engines and much of its navigational gear, gave them a clean bill. They ran 25 hours of test flights and landings in the Charlottesville area, scrutinizing the ground control stations. Finally they decided that mechanical failure had not caused the crash...
...reputation-based on their successful cross-continent tour of the U.S. three years ago. In 14 numbers (ten entirely new, including a hilarious spoof of rock 'n' roll), they gave their audience the full catalogue of spins and jumps, lifts, and meshed-gear movements that they are famed for. The Graham company offered two new numbers: a rollicking, Shakespeare-inspired romp called One More Gaudy Night, and Visionary Recital, a somewhat murky exposition on the three faces of Delilah (Awakener, Betrayer, Seducer) in which Martha Graham (as Awakener) triumphed over her 67 years with a modicum of disciplined...