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...Proving that U.S. submarines can sail at any time of year to the top of the world, within easy Polaris range of Russia, the nuclear sub Sargo slipped hundreds of miles under the fierce Arctic ice pack to the North Pole. The fourth U.S. submarine voyage to the Pole, it was the first made in the dead of winter. Sargo chose the tougher western route (more than 4,200 nautical miles from Hawaii through the Bering Strait to the Pole), bucked the worst ice of the year (average thickness: 6 ft.), sailed under the pack for almost 15 days, surfaced...
...Handler Clara Alford, 51, went to work on Chik T'Sun (she calls him Gossie for short). A pair of round-eyed Chihuahuas, led by a tweedy woman, minced past on the urine-spattered floor, each bearing on its back a tiny knapsack loaded with a pack of cigarettes, matches and sunglasses. But nothing distracted Handler Alford. Squinting through the smoke of her Winston, she turned the Peke over on his back and began to brush the long hair on his. belly with strokes that soon had him wheezing in relaxed delight...
...stop Chamberlain, the pros have tried every trick in the book. They may double-team him (one man in front, one behind) with the hope of blocking off passes. When Chamberlain does get the ball, the defense swirls about him like a pack of hounds circling a bear...
...horsepower race, which Detroit likes to pretend does not exist in standard cars, is off to a fast start in the compacts. Chevrolet first offered an optional power pack, boosting the horsepower of the Corvair from 80 to 95. Last week Ford disclosed that it will offer an optional 100-h.p. engine for the 90-h.p. now in the Falcon. Chrysler will do even better. It will offer a 148-h.p. engine for its Valiant which is now the most powerful compact (101-h.p.) among the Big Three...
...German looked incredulously at the assortment of popular-priced cigarettes in a store in Bonn last week. "Are these real Luckies?" he asked, pointing to the familiar white pack with the red bull's-eye. They were, and the price was only 24? for a pack of twelve, cheaper than some German brands. For years Germans had to pay as much as 6 marks ($1.50) for a pack of 20 imported U.S. cigarettes. Now, for the first time, Luckies were being sold at much lower prices because they were being made in Germany...