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...then the other," says Janos. "He squinted sleepily and saw two stars, reporter with bolted pad and a host of brass hovering in the background. He bolted from bed as if ejected from a smoking jet. His feet never touched the floor as he executed an incredible acrobatic loop off the mattress and landed upright in the the stiffest embrace I've ever seen−bent halfway backward. 'Hi there,' said General Page. 'Just dropped by to say hello.' The airman's eyes were now two fried eggs. 'Hi, sir,' he said...
Died. Ruth Law Oliver, 83, pioneer aviatrix, the first woman to loop the loop in a plane, the holder of numerous speed and distance records, notably with her 680-mile flight from Chicago to Hornell, N.Y., and star of Ruth Law's Flying Circus in the early 1920s; in San Francisco...
...train chugs smoothly through the last stretch of the yards and down into the tunnel. The last view through the iron bridges overhead is of the fish-eye Loop: the 106-story John Hancock building, the Hilton and the Drake, skyscrapers like you don't see in Milwaukee, towering over what always seemed a gaudy wild circus with simple folk and winos and businessmen and dragged-out, bundle-laden suburban housewives all lined up along the elevated platform for the "noon rush hour." And still one more thing. The sheer face of the aquamarine federal court building mirroring the progress...
...produce. The publisher then sells it for about $1 to wholesalers like Cleveland's giant Sovereign News Co. The shortest end of the take goes to the authors-some of them teachers, housewives and journalists-who are lucky to clear $250 a book. Chicago's Loop now has about 20 "adult" bookstores, which also sell records, playing cards and other assorted forms of erotica; San Francisco has 60 stores, and Los Angeles...
...troops, the best in the Arab world, was to "stand fast and teach the heretic leaders of Syria a lesson in heroism." His 40th and 60th armored brigades did just that. First they blunted the Syrian invasion by knocking out 40 tanks. In an armored tactic known as "the loop," the 40th hit the Syrians head-on while the 60th rolled around their flank. Operating with precision, the two brigades were also supported by Hawker Hunter jets of the King's air force. The planes alone, according to Hussein, knocked out ten tanks and later harassed the Syrians...