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...good ship Pussycat as it headed south out of San Francisco down the coast to San Diego. Aboard the 65-ft. yacht was Comedian Jerry Lewis, making his first real cruise on his spanking new toy. There was crystal in the galley, mahogany paneling everywhere, and a pair of deck chairs were tastefully stenciled "Mr. Captain" and "Mrs. Captain." Suddenly the tub sprang a leak, and pretty soon Pussycat was drifting helplessly. At last, when the table floated across the dining room, Mr. Captain and crew abandoned ship and made it to the beach, where they watched $350,000 worth...
Once everything on board was squared away, with the same precision that marked its launch, the spacecraft splashed down in the Atlantic, less than three miles off target and within sight of the recovery ship Guadalcanal. Lifted to the ship's deck by a rescue helicopter, Young and Collins were greeted by cheering sailors and a band playing It's a Small, Small World. For U.S. astronauts, it is a universe that is rapidly expanding...
...salt among you who cites Tinkerbelle's top speed as "seven knots an hour" [July 8]? I presume he would also go "up aloft," "down below deck," or "bear right to starboard." Tell the knothead that seven knots equals seven nautical miles an hour, and keep him away from the end of the dock...
...Canada, flying one round trip each week, will use DC-8s. On foreign flights, Aeroflot now uses huge 170-passenger, two-deck TU-114 turboprops, but for the Montreal run it may inaugurate the new 200-passenger Ilyushin 62s, which have four engines mounted in pods at the tail, as well as a fancy jet-age decor replacing the Victorian look of older Russian airplanes...
Special & Superior. The privileges of members vary. The Ambassadors and Admirals clubs have expansive quarters on the top deck of Washington's National Airport, fitted with armchairs, thick carpets, oil paintings, and lockers for private liquor supplies. The 150,000 members of United's 100,000-Mile Club have entry to "Red Carpet Rooms" at airports, get special luggage tags and receive a newsletter. Club members don't travel any faster, but a Clipper Club member may rise rapidly to the top of a Pan Am waiting list...