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...main reason for this disappointment was a dispute between the U.S. carriers (Pan Am and TWA) and British Airways over how much to charge for a new service that would have required passengers to book 90 days before takeoff for trips lasting 14 to 45 days. The British wanted to charge $240 in June and in August and $290 during the peak month of July, while the American lines adamantly held out for $299. Rather than risk a rate war when the current IATA agreement expires Saturday, British Airways and most other European lines, which also wanted low fares, agreed...
...fares between the U.S. and Europe. BOAC, for example, had wanted to charge only $179 for a New York-London round trip during the off season, and $290 during July. The fares would have been for a 14-to-45-day excursion booked 90 days before takeoff...
...sulky Bob Dylan (Christopher Guest), lurking offstage like Achilles in his tent, comes bounding before the spotlight when fistfuls of greenbacks are offered. The dynamic, petite and greatly gifted Alice Playten makes a spastic dithyramb of her takeoff on Mick Jagger. The mimicking of motorcycle addicts and musicians so stoned that they hold onto their mike stands as if they were swaying lampposts is all well-etched commentary, held together by an endearingly bumbling announcer (John Belushi) who sometimes cannot read the slips in his hand...
...hour after takeoff, the four were back, passing low in diamond formation in salute to the men on the ground. Last to land was Lieut. Thomas Boykin, 26, who reported that he had encountered enemy ground fire near a target in the Delta and had spotted a secondary explosion on the ground after he had attacked. "I dropped the last one," said Boykin. "I'm glad it's over." Boykin's buddies then dumped a bucket of water over his head...
Minutes after takeoff from San Juan international airport, the cargo plane developed engine trouble and crashed into heavy seas one mile off the coast...