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...derring-do as head of a band of ragged Nepalese army irregulars, nervous Indian army "observers" stationed in Nepal clapped him into jail. He escaped the Indians, but was picked up again. One night in 1952 Singh broke jail and led a coup that captured the capital's airfield, treasury and arsenal. The then King of the day, fearful of the Indians, would not let Singh form a government. With 32 followers (five of whom died en route), Singh groped his way through blinding snowstorms into Tibet, then headed for Peking...
...Colonel Teberg, out for a picnic in the countryside, were driving along the main highway north of Prague in Masterman's car. At a crossroads near Milovice they were stopped by a military policeman and directed to turn off down a side road that bordered on an airfield. About 500 yds. down the road, Masterman found his progress blocked by an army truck planted in the middle of the road. He stopped. Before he could turn around, another truck drove up close behind him, making any move impossible. Six soldiers with submachine guns appeared and surrounded the car. With...
...agreement was signed at the State Department last Tuesday. It extends for five more years the authority for U.S. use of the Dhahran airfield 1,000 miles from Russia's Middle East border...
WASHINGTON, April 8--The United States and Saudi Arabia today announced formal agreement on the five-year airfield-for-arms pact approved last February by President Eisenhower and King Saud...
...Leaping from a jet bomber at night at an altitude of 41,000 ft. (and a temperature of -62° F), three Czech parachutists dropped for more than three minutes before they opened their chutes at less than 3,000 ft. and landed on a floodlit airfield. Proudly they claimed a new night group-jumping mark. Previous record holders: Russian chutists who dropped from 36,000 ft., fell free...