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Since last March this ship of the Idaho desert has been "cruising" intermittently toward the North Pole.* Having no bow or stern, or water to float in, it has not moved an inch, but the long, rigorous tests of its nuclear power system have been brilliantly successful. Naval designers, tacticians and strategists are aware (some with regret) that a revolution in sea power is sweeping out of Idaho...
...team has been led by 6 foot 5 inch Bob Higgins, Red Brennan, and John Green...
Kirkland is led by George Jacobs, Harold Sadowsky, and 6-foot 4-inch John Fidler...
Coach Zabiliski's team sports one man who may change the score, though. That's six foot four inch Joe Wetzler, who has scored 110 points so far this season--for a 22 point per games average. The fast-breaking Huskies racked over 100 points last Saturday to beat Maine, and the hitherto weak Crimson defense may have troubles stopping this kind of racehorse basketball...
Most of the excess was piled up in the first five months, with March leading with 11 inches. This was 1) the greatest amount for any month of 1953, 2) the greatest for any March of record, and 3) the third highest for any month of record. The 3.10-inch 24-hour rainstorm of March 29-30 set a new March record for 24 hours precipitation...