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Nancy Reagan, who is not a relaxed rider, went along on her chubby bay named No Strings. They own two other horses, both Arabians, a white named Gualianko and a sorrel named Catalina. Reagan used to raise thoroughbreds and sell them off as yearlings. When he was younger, he had his own system of breaking horses, first with a lunge line in the ring, then lying stomach-down across their backs, all the time emphasizing verbal commands. As he was explaining his approach, he burst into a sing-song chant from his cavalry days: "Walk ho-o!" he cried...
...Catalina Baptist Church...
...telephone company has been accused of being the stereotype of impersonal corporate power. But for the 1,800 folks of Avalon on Santa Catalina Island, 25 miles off the coast of Los Angeles, Pacific Telephone had always been downright neighborly. Almost everybody recognizes by voice the 19 operators who handle Avalon's manual switchboard, which is the last such one in the Bell system. Not for long. Because of increasing hordes of summer tourists and hard-to-replace parts, Santa Catalina will join the computer age this week when its switchboard is replaced by a direct-dial system...
...living the joke." And killing his audiences. Martin says he is looking for "cat handcuffs." His tabby-a tiger-stripe he calls Dr. Carleton P. Forbes-has amassed $3,000 worth of "cat toys" by filching checks from Steve's mailbox. But alas, Dr. Forbes has escaped ... to Catalina. On a catamaran. Audiences invariably groan as this inventive tale turns into mushy vaudeville. Wide-eyed pause. "You think comedy is ... pretty?" leers Martin. He catches them catnapping every time. As a youngster in Southern California, Steve used to bike over to nearby Disneyland and virtually moved in. He sold...
Crisscrossing the district of mills and aging, tiny houses in his new white Catalina, Woods has learned that Carter is no more popular there than Jackson, and Udall is virtually unknown. Twenty-one people are contending for the 42nd's three delegate posts, but Woods has many friends. Bartenders, shopkeepers and others take his literature for display and distribution...