THE HIGH SEAS: End of a Windjammer

A funereal hush fell over West Germany's air waves one day last week. Broadcasting stations all over the land canceled all light entertainment to stand by for news of a great ship in distress far out in the stormy Atlantic. As hundreds of Germans flocked to their churches to pray, some ten vessels of half a dozen nations fanned out into the stormy sea, and a dozen aircraft joined the search. It was no ordinary ship, buttressed with armor plate, throbbing with power and bristling with the safety devices of a modern...

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