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Perhaps Greek Shipowner-Financier-Oilman Aristotle Onassis, 59, has found his greatest métier. At Paris' Orly Airport last week, he snipped a ceremonial ribbon at the boarding ramp of the blue and white Boeing 707 jet inaugurating the transatlantic service of his Olympic Airways. He even bore gifts for the 140 passengers-key rings for the men, Dior perfume and pins for the women. And the next morning, as the jet returned from New York, "Ari" the airman again formed a one-man welcoming committee. "Onassis follows the move ments of his tankers from his yacht...
...letter bore the nominal heading "The President of the United States." It was addressed to Gary William Wilson, and it arrived at the blue stucco house in Rosemead, Calif., two days before Christmas. Its terms were cold, its message unmistakable. "Greeting: You are hereby ordered for induction into the Armed Forces of the United States." Gary Wilson, 23, a bright, ordinarily even-tempered student then just six months away from a hard-won geology degree at California State College at Los Angeles, blew up. He crushed the letter into a ball, jammed it into his pocket and stamped...
Thus-if Peking could be believed-began the first tangle between American and Chinese airplanes since Korea. The outcome was predictable. "He seemed to be a pretty good pilot," said Dudley of his adversary, "but he apparently had a case of tunnel vision when he bore in on the RB-66 and never knew we were behind him. And one mistake is all you get." Dudley dropped the MIG with a heat-seeking missile up the tail pipe...
Steve Bergman nearly blew an easy victory. Two holes up with two to play, Bergman needed only to tie 17 to 18 to win his match But he lost both holes to send the contest into overtime. Bergman bore down on the 19th, and his par won the match...
...bruises on her temples; much of the skin on her face, chest, arms and legs had peeled from scalding water. Her lower lip had been bitten in two, presumably during her agony. The immediate cause of death was a blow on the skull. In all, Sylvia's body bore an estimated 150 burns, cuts, bruises and other lesions. Said one veteran of more than 35 years on the force: "In all my years of experience, this is the most sadistic act I ever came across...