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...schedule, the commercial jet air age began. The dolphin-bodied de Havilland jet liner Comet got the take-off signal, swept down the runway at London Airport, its four turbines whistling a high pitch, and climbed seven miles into the air carrying a full load of 36 passengers, six crewmen and 30 bags of mail. The next day, as thousands watched at Johannesburg's Palmietfontein Airport, the silver and blue BOAC jet streaked down, ending its 6,724-mile trip. Total elapsed time: 23 hours, 38 minutes. This was 8¾ hours faster than BOAC's usual nights...
...base near Seoul: "Gas too low to reach secondary target. Am returning to base." It was his last message. Two days later, after Air Force and Navy planes had searched in vain among North Korea's hills, the U.S. Fifth Air Force posted young Jim and his two crewmen "Missing in Action...
More than seventy dollars has been collected from Crimson crewmen as part of the drive for funds to replace Dartmouth crew equipment destroyed last month when the Green boathouse collapsed. The drive, sponsored by Columbia oarsmen, has spread throughout eastern rowing colleges and rowing enthusiasts. The sponsors hope the fund will enable the Indians to have a crew this year...
...Ireland's Celtic saints built Christian shrines of turf and mud to fend off pixies, pookas, hobgoblins and leprechauns. In 1588, a 1,000-ton Spanish galleon fleeing from the rout of the Spanish Armada piled up on the rocks of Great Blasket Island. Dozens of its crewmen struggled ashore, intermarried with the half-wild descendants of the "saints." From their union evolved the modern Blasket Islanders: tall, rawboned Celtic fishermen who speak little but Gaelic but have the jet black hair and dark eyes of Spaniards...
...Crewmen are usually noted for sportsmanship, and Columbia rowers are testing this reputation. Two Lions have opened a bank account under the name of "Oorsmen United" to help Dartmouth replace the shells destroyed when the Indian boathouse roof collapsed on March 15. Every oarsman is asked to contribute a dollar to the fund...