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...mesa's top. A Coast Guard plane had flown over and told them what to expect. It looked, said one of them, "as if you had thrown a ripe melon against a wall." The plane had splattered its smoking pieces over five acres. All 44 passengers and six crewmen were dead...
...around Noah's Ark when the rains came. This Ark was a bulky, 175-ft. converted Navy patrol boat in the Oakland (Calif.) estuary. Last week she was abuzz with last-minute flurry. Women hung their clothes out to dry on a line running from mast to smokestack, crewmen tested ropes and slapped on final licks of paint, children swarmed everywhere, while men struggled to set up a wire screen at the ship's sides to keep them from falling overboard...
...story picks up Columbus at the court of Ferdinand and Isabella, follows him to America and on his triumphant return to Spain. But another voyage brings disillusionment; his crewmen abuse the confidence of the Indians and quarrel over their loot. Columbus himself is finally brought back to Spain in chains-to die with the belated realization that justice and reason are more precious than silver and gold. Best things in Egk's score: a clear song line, dramatic choruses and an effective handling of Spanish and Indian folk tunes...
...They're Not Fooling Anyone." The big Privateer buzzed the lumbering freighter almost at the mouth of a major Siberian harbor. Some crewmen caught on deck waved, probably in embarrassment. Or maybe you only imagined that, because you'd be embarrassed. Others scurried for hatches and doorways...
...Crewmen and baseball players, who will travel to Cornell that day, will be able to take the exam in Ithaca, however...