People: Sep. 4, 1964

Iktol of Planet X? Lawrence of Arabia? Nope. Just two of those 14 new U.S. astronauts in training for adventures in outer space. There was Rand Scientist Walter Cunningham, 32, having his temperature taken after a brisk workout in his moon suit. And in Nevada, Navy Pilot Alan Bean, 32, was sporting a turban fashioned from a parachute just in case he ever has to make an unscheduled desert landing.

He had been meaning to get around to it, but what with one thing and another Robert Goldwater, 54, president of the Goldwater stores, had never joined brother Barry's party. In fact,...

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