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...Finger on the Trigger. The rest of the story is Copilot Felix Gaston's: "I thought to myself: I am a dead duck, a goner. Dear Lord, can't I even see my unborn child? I tried everything. I said I had eaten no breakfast and was dizzy. I pretended illness and asked for water and food. But he wouldn't open that door. I offered to intercede with [Defense Secretary Ramon] Magsaysay for him. I said the left engine was stalling and that we had to ditch the plane. I put on a life jacket, gave...
...problem: how to set up a trigger mechanism which will throw the stand-by controls into gear if they are needed, but will not keep business in a state of uncertainty...
...summit the two sergeants froze. Just ahead, almost within touching distance, a Chinese stood vaguely silhouetted against the dark sky. They tensed to tackle him; their mission was to bring back a prisoner. But in that split second, warned by smell or some faint sound, the Chinese touched the trigger of his burp gun. Main shot the prisoner-to-be instantly and regretfully with his .45, but the second sergeant rolled backward down the hill with an astounded gasp, slugs in his arm, leg and belly. After that the night was noisy with gunfire...
Trinity Methodist Church in Los Angeles found a new way to increase Sunday-school attendance last week: it got Hollywood Cowboy Roy Rogers to come and bring his clever blond horse Trigger...
Before Sunday school, in the street out side, Rogers mounted and put Trigger through some of his famous paces, e.g., bowing and hula-hula prancings. "This happens to be Trigger's first appearance in church," Rogers told the crowd of youngsters. "He should have started long ago . . . Here you learn how to love one another and mom and pop." He led Trigger into the church annex, posed for pictures (Trigger on haunches). After the horse had been led outside again, Rogers continued his remarks. "This is God's day," he said, "and I'm tickled to death...