Word: capricornus
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...Capricornus. Premier Mendes-France will demand a recount, but with the block of editorial researchers holding solid, Dulles will retain Times' title, Man of the Year. The Department of Defense will release details of a new manpower plan which abolishes Armed Forces and conscripts all young men to 27 months with General Motors. General Ridgway and the Joint Chiefs of Staff will resign in protest. Henry Ford II, will not be happy about it either...
...Capricornus took off from Southampton with five men, one woman and 65 mailsacks to fly non-stop to Alexandria on a final experimental trip. Over Lyons a few hours later the British pilot ran into a severe snowstorm. Inept like most European airmen at blind flying, he got lost, circled through the murk while the radioman sent out an SOS. Before he could get his bearings, the pilot scraped his wing on a fir tree, smacked full tilt into the side of Mont du Beaujolais, killed everyone but the radioman, who crawled two miles through the snow for help...
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