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...operation, with surgical staples still in his abdomen, he flew two round trips between Raleigh and Charlotte, then returned to the hospital for removal of the staples. Others among Wheeler's staff are equally eager. Recently, when the mini-airline inaugurated midday service from Charlotte to Raleigh-Durham Airport (Wheeler's headquarters), Pilot Richard Jeffords Jr., 23, helped passengers fill out tickets, loaded suitcases aboard the airplane, took the controls on the 60-minute, 130-mile flight, taxied to a stop, and unloaded the bags. Says Jeffords: "It's all in a day's work...
...care of Jimmy's house while he's away and takes care of Jimmy while he's there. In a little under 24 hours, Jimmy discovers he's committed bigamy, obtains two annulments, and takes yet a third wife--the Lady Kay (Shella McCarthy), sister of the Duke of Durham (Dan Strickler), a down-and-out nobleman who has been forced by estate and inheritance taxes to dabble in a bit of booze running...
Going Along. At a hearing of Senator Church's subcommittee two Army colonels, William L. Durham and Joseph D. Bennett, explained that in deference to Saudi wishes, the Corps of Engineers made a practice of not assigning Jewish personnel to Saudi Arabia and also saw to it that its civilian contractors did the same. But both denied ever having seen the Arab boycott list...
When the Washington Post picked up the exchange from the weekly Durham (N.C.) Anvil last week, the White House, Pentagon and Congress were deluged with letters and telegrams of outraged protest. The embarrassed Brown issued a statement apologizing for his "unfounded and all-too-casual remarks," insisting that they "certainly do not represent my convictions." White House Press Secretary Ron Nessen quoted Ford as calling Brown's comments "illadvised and poorly handled." Defense Secretary James Schlesinger termed the remarks "unfortunate...
...world of parapsychology has more than its share of frauds, charlatans and opportunists. But even those critics who were openly skeptical about the phenomena reported by the Institute for Parapsychology in Durham, N.C., seldom questioned the sincerity or integrity of Dr. Joseph B. Rhine, the institute's founder, or his staff. Last week a shaken Rhine was preparing to acknowledge publicly a scandal that has already rocked the entire psychic establishment...