Word: aboard
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...next morning, he left aboard the Columbine for a golfer's vacation. On the way to Augusta the President made one quick stop to receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from his old friend and comrade-in-arms, General Mark Wayne Clark, who is now president of the Citadel, "the Military College of South Carolina...
...special measures had been taken to guard the plane itself, which was serviced by the regular Chinese crews at the airport. But, the British contended, the possibility of sabotage was "extremely remote." Only three survivors, all Indians, were fished out of the sea. Engineer A. S. Karnik, taken aboard the British frigate Dampier, gave the first authentic explanation of the crash: a hydraulic fire in the port wing. The plane broke into three pieces when it hit the sea. This sounded more like a common accident than sabotage. In their first broadcast, long before any survivors had been picked...
Shanghai Express fully justifies its title. For one thing, the action mostly takes place aboard a train of the same name running between Peiping and Shanghai. But more important, it is a film full of violence, some intrigue, snappy dialogue, and Marlene Dietrich. The last asset is generally enough to make any film worthwhile. This particular one, made when techniques were beginning to reach their present excellence, and way before Miss Dietrich became the least touch faded, shows her a really lovely woman. Every once in a while director Joseph von Sternberg took lengthy close...
...Russians were not aboard the Queen Elizabeth when she sailed from England because they did not have visas. The U.S. Embassy in Moscow had denied them visas when they refused to be finger-printed, claiming that it was undignified and discrimination because of their nationality...
Died. Jorge Pasquel, 48, millionaire Mexican sportsman, who successfully lured south some of U.S. baseball's top postwar talent to his Mexican League, e.g., Brooklyn's Mickey Owen, New York's Sal Maglie, St. Louis' Max Lanier; when his private plane crashed with five others aboard; in the mountains near Valles, 225 miles northwest of Mexico City...