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...frigate named after the late history professor Samuel Eliot Morison '08 will enter the U.S. naval fleet today...
Randolph almost tallied the tying run for the Yanks in the eighth on a Bob Watson double to left, but a strong relay from George Brett cut down the fleet-footed second baseman...
...Iraqi harbors and oil facilities like Basra and proclaimed Iranian territorial waters a "war zone." Ships passing through Hormuz were advised by Iranian navy craft to avoid Iraqi ports. While for the most part the traffic-and the oil-kept flowing, some supertanker captains hove to. Off Kuwait, a fleet of the giant ships dropped anchor, waiting...
...wingspan that Hughes had piloted once for a distance of a mile in 1947 and then stored away in a Long Beach, Calif., hangar. Other losses flowed from the hotels that Summa owned but managed haphazardly, a company formed to promote blood-analysis devices, Football Today, and a worldwide fleet of 34 aircraft ready to answer the whims of Hughes and his staff. Said Lummis last week: "Hughes was a lightning rod for every disaster imaginable...
After ousting the cronies, Lummis moved to stop the excesses that were squeezing Summa dry. He has sold off Hughes' personal fleet of planes and several holdings, including the Landmark Hotel in Las Vegas, the Xanadu Beach Hotel in the Bahamas, the TV station in Las Vegas, the ranches, Football Today and 3,000 inactive mining claims. Summa has even been able to unload the Spruce Goose without having to break it in pieces, as once threatened. This week the plane will be given to the Aero Club of Southern California, which will put it on display in Long...