As the President finished his summit report on television last week (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), people watching CBS saw Ike's face fade from the screen to be re placed minutes later by a huge missile blasting off its pad. "For centuries, the histories of earthbound men have been filled with conflict," boomed an announcer, followed by a close-up shot of a pack of Luckies.
The episode, part of the Men into Space series, had been in the can since March, and no one at the network real ized how hilariously untimely it was. A team of Russian spacemen and a team...
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