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...Carpet Welcome. Despite this tendency to load her political dice. Han Suyin can convey the heat, the squalor, and flux of Asiatic life with expert touches...
...commission, Captain Ogg knew for certain now that he could not make the 1,000 miles to San Francisco-that he would have to ditch. Rather than dump gas and risk a night landing, he decided to wait till daylight and let the plane exhaust its heavy fuel load. He so notified the Coast Guard weather-watch cutter, Pontchartrain, some comfortable ten miles to the west. Pontchartrain's skipper, Commander William K. Earle, radioed the best course (330°) for ditching into the running swell, and the time of sunrise (7:22 a.m.). Captain Ogg easily homed...
...working on a plan to set up separate dealerships for Plymouth, currently sold by Chrysler, Dodge and DeSoto dealers, will also put together a corporate marketing organization under Automotive Group Vice President William C. Newberg. It will bring top management closer to dealers, try to take some of the load off divisional and regional sales managers. Says one Chrysler executive: "We want them to sell three cars and make $100 on each rather than sell one car and try to make...
Bill Holden, starring in his first independent picture, is the rocket jockey; and as if it is not hard enough to fly an airplane at 1,900 m.p.h.. the script makes him fly it with a big load of guilt-edged insecurities riding inside his crash helmet...
Penn ended a 19-games losing streak in three years of famine by dumping favored Dartmouth, 14 to 7. Quarterback Rich Ross carried the load for the Quakers with a befuddling mixture of sneaks and passes, one of which was good for a 25 yard touchdown...