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...Russian involvement naturally upset the Israelis, who last week made headlines throughout the world by announcing that Soviet pilots were aloft with loaded cannon over Egypt. Actually, more than 100 Soviet pilots have been flying in Egypt for at least two years, training Egyptian pilots. The new factor is that they have begun to patrol a picket line west of the canal and over Egyptian cities...
...greatest "flyer" in circus history. "Death-Defying Jose Guzman" rides a motorcycle up a wire to the roof of the auditorium, carrying with him a trapeze on which his wife Monique does acrobatic maneuvers. For a finale, Ringling's "human missiles," the Zacchinis, are fired from a cannon almost simultaneously. In the South, the Red company's program includes Sweden's "Unbelievable Lindstroms," who ride the high wire, all three of them balancing from a single unicycle; Bulgaria's Silagis, generally acknowledged as the world's most dazzling teeterboard act; and Gunther Gebel-Williams...
...downtown square. Even Governor John Love dropped by for an amiable chat. Next day, her passive protest ended, Jane was back in action at Denver's Federal Tower Building, where she urged young antiwar demonstrators: "Be cool but don't give your bodies for cannon fodder...
...Shoot Horses, Don't They?, was a crowd pleaser at the Mitchells, but the selection of Goldie Hawn (Cactus Flower) in the best supporting actress competition was loudly denounced as "a joke" by Ruth Berle. There was general dismay that neither Susannah York (They Shoot Horses) nor Dyan Cannon (Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice) had won. Some guests booed John Wayne's triumph as best actor for True Grit, but the sound had approving overtones. "----the Viet Cong," snarled Lee Marvin. "Get those yellow bastards, John," exhorted Laugh-In Producer Ed Friendly. "Tell us about America, John," chimed...
...artillery duels across the Suez Canal continued, the war of attrition between Egypt and Israel appeared to have eased slightly. Both sides continued jet attacks, but the planes hit only scattered military targets. In a dogfight over the northern Nile delta, Israeli pilots claimed two MIG-21s downed with cannon fire-the 73rd and 74th kills of Egyptian planes since...