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ROUND the clock, day and night, twelve B-52s armed with hydrogen bombs cruise over the U.S. and Canada, carrying maps, charts and radar photos of Soviet targets. They are part of the Strategic Air Command's 1,500-plane retaliatory strike force, but they have a special distinction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: SAC'S DEADLY DAILY DOZEN | 3/17/1961 | See Source »

Moving now into advanced training. Glenn, Grissom and Shepard will undergo even more rigorous physical and mental testing. They will spend two hours in a superheated chamber (130° F.), withdraw into a dark, soundproof room for hours at a time to test their ability to endure isolation, and will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Now There Are Three | 3/3/1961 | See Source »

Proof quickly came that Stevenson's fears were well grounded. In Cairo, Gamal Abdel Nasser defiantly announced that the U.A.R. would continue to give arms and aid to Gizenga as the "legitimate government."* And in a letter to India's Prime Minister Nehru. Nikita Khrushchev announced that the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: United Nations: New Orders | 3/3/1961 | See Source »

FLIGHT-ENGINEER STRIKE grounded hundreds of U.S. airline passengers. Though airlines hoped to get engineers back to work under 60-day Presidential mediation plan, strike is only first trouble for carriers as result of showdown fight between 3,500 engineers' union and Air Lines Pilot Association. National Mediation Board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock: Feb. 24, 1961 | 2/24/1961 | See Source »

Crimson swimmers turned the steam on Princeton Saturday and defeated the Tigers 55 to 40 in their own waters. A grounded flight, two bus breakdowns, and a ten-hour trip did not seem to upset the varsity, who methodically snapped Princeton's four-meet streak in the Eastern Collegiate Swimming...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Swimmers Defeat Tigers; 55-40 Win Snaps Princeton Streak | 2/20/1961 | See Source »

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