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Before Christmas Comes. That old slugging partner of Khrushchev's, West Germany's oak-hearted Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, was again being subjected to the crudest of taunts and the hardest of tests. He was under pressure from the so-called "flexibles" of his own party, who have been criticizing his refusal to permit any negotiation with the East German puppet regime. They say that Germany can never be reunified without talks. Adenauer sees clearly that such talks will not end in reunification, but in recognition of the "two Germanys." Grudgingly, the old man dispatched a reply to Moscow...
...Lynn, Mass. 14 McTigue, John L. '59 B 21 5.10 160 Wellesley, Mass. 15 Lapinski, Edward F. '59 B 21 6.1 205 Greenfield, Mass. 16 Cashen, Henry C. '61 B 19 5.10 165 Grosse Pointe, Mich. 18 Finney, Frank R. '59 B 21 5.11 175 Royal Oak, Mich. 20 Carlin, Robert B. '60 B 19 5.10 175 Swampscott, Mass. 24 Phipps, John M. '61 B 19 5.11 165 Anaheim, Cal. 26 Connors, Matthew J. '60 B 19 6.0 170 Woodside, N.Y. 32 Caslowitz, Joel G. '59 B 20 5.7 150 Woonsocket, R.I. 33 Choquette, Paul...
...Devils of Monte Cassino the Germans held the abbey five months against heavy Allied attacks because their parachutists needed that time to bring its art treasures to the safety of the Vatican. In U-47, dashing Submariner Günther Prien plunks his torpedoes into the British battleship Royal Oak at Scapa Flow, but when his deck officer shouts "Hurrah!", whispers: "Shut up; 2,000 men have just died aboard that ship...
...machine that is causing all the excitement among the giants is put out by the pygmy-sized (104 employees) Elox Corp. of Royal Oak, Mich. It will bring, said a Ford tool expert, not only a change in carmaking but a "quiet revolution in the metal workings trades." Elox (for "electrical oxidation") machines not only make the machining of metal faster and cheaper, but they enable U.S. industry to do jobs it has never done before. Said Jerry Cornwell, purchasing agent for Avco's Lycoming Division, a prime missile contractor: "We're doing things that just couldn...
...Ceiling-to-floor (8 ft.) doors and windows that simplify building. They also improve air circulation, make the house's six rooms seem much more spacious. Another cost-cutter: African-oak floor squares laid directly on the concrete foundation slab; they are only half as thick as ordinary wood parquet flooring yet are just as durable...