Word: bus
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Wanting to celebrate his 38th birthday by getting away from it all, Egypt's blimp-sized ex-King Farouk put on his sunglasses, boarded a 22-seat bus and rolled through the Alps into the tiny principality of Liechtenstein. His fellow riders: his 19-year-old daughter Princess Ferial, two bodyguards, a chauffeur, a maid and an anonymous raven-tressed playmate. Explained His Corpulent Majesty: "People think I and my entourage are an ordinary tourist party...
...Madison Co. seat; 5 mi. from U.S. Army's Redstone Arsenal, Ballistic Missile Agency, Ordnance Guided Missile School; 2 R.R. lines (Southern Ry., Louisville and Nashville R.R.); 2 airlines (8 fits, out dly., incl. drct. srvce. to N.Y., Wash., Chi., Atlanta, Miami); Accoms.: 3 hotels, 21 motels; Local bus fare: 10?; Swim: muncpl. pools; Fish: Tenn. River; Yrly. evnts.: Catholic Festival (Aug.), co. fair (Sept.); i-hr. pkng. Imt. dwntwn.; Avge. temp.: 74.6 deg. summer, 50 deg. winter...
...where Billy grew up burned down. William Hartack was finally forced to move his family from Colver to his father's 300-acre farm near Belsano, Pa., where Black Lick Creek runs down the western slope of the Alleghenies. Young Willie did his share of farm chores, took the bus to Black Lick Township school, found time to play the drum in the school band, and got into enough extracurricular trouble to be a regular visitor at the principal's office. "I didn't like girls much then," says he, almost with surprise...
...before the birthday, Bill got a letter from one of his father's friends: How would he like to take advantage of his size and go to work at a race track? Because it seemed as good a way as any to get away from home, Bill boarded a bus for Charles Town, West Va. and a job as exercise...
AIRLINE TRAFFIC flew out ahead of both railroads and bus lines in 1957 for first time in history, reports CAB. Box score: 25.8 billion passenger-miles for U.S. airlines v. 25.2 billion for intercity buses, 21.6 billion for railroads...