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According to Mark. In Indianapolis, a woman stopped 80-year-old Damon Peak on the street, earnestly began to pray for him while her male companion stole his wallet...
Evans, Colo. (TIME, Aug. 25). After nearly six weeks of inching up to its 14,260-ft. peak, airmen could exercise in an altitude chamber simulating 38,000 ft. without getting the bends, and they remained conscious for an average of 30 minutes at 30,000 ft. Drs. Balke and Velasquez took students from sea-level Lima to Morococha, found that after a few weeks they could work as hard as the oldtimers. But the highland natives still had one advantage: their lungs worked only half as hard as the newcomers' because they were twice as efficient in extracting...
...names of many nominees have been kept secret for fear of prejudicing the public before the girls have attained their peak efficiency. However, a few nominations have been announced. The Harvard Dramatic Club is sponsoring Liliane Solmsen '60. Miss Solmsen has spent the last two weeks in the Radcliffe gym. "I'll do my best," she promised...
Thursday night was the first time Elliot Forbes has appeared with the Choral Society. Under his direction, the group soared through a concert of Bach, Gluck, Palestrina, and Polenc, the latter's "Litanies A La Vierge Noire" providing a peak of sheer emotion in the vocal section of the program...
...Detroit was back on a six-day week to make up time lost by strikes, and some automakers expected to work at peak output for at least three months. Output this week is scheduled at 107,000 cars, highest of the year. Ford has already sold 100,000 new models, more than 10% of its 1958 model sales. Plymouth is 100,000 cars behind dealer orders. Chevrolet will not be able to catch up on orders for at least two months. American Motors Corp. broke all its previous production records, has nudged out Pontiac to become No. 6 carmaker with...