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Crevasses. Just short of Depot 700, the nearest of the supply stations that Hillary had set up, the vehicles ran into a maze of crevasses. Two of the Sno-Cats, seriously damaged, had to be repaired in cold so bitter that the men's fingers stuck to metal. Beyond the crevasses the going got better, and the expedition reached Depot 700 on Feb. 7. where Hillary joined it by airplane...
...Depot 700. Tall (6 ft. 3 in.), methodical Sir Edmund trained for his trip as he trained for Mt. Everest. He and his men started with the snowfields of the New Zealand Alps, then moved to Antarctica, where for nearly a year they tested themselves and their tractors in the worst possible weather. Last Oct. 14 he set out from the Ross Sea base, led a supply train with four tractors up the Skelton Glacier to the ice-covered tableland on the far side of Antarctica's main mountain range. When he had established Depot 700 (700 miles from...
Ever-present Christ. Artist Stallknecht herself belongs to no church. To house her church pictures, she bought an unused freight depot and moved it onto her property. Inhabited only by its painted population, the building stands open to the public. It is protected by a roughly lettered sign: "Chatham murals. Free. No Children. No canes. No smoking." On the table inside is Stallknecht's own handwritten and framed description of her work: "This is Chatham-portraits of its people-democracy. A cross-section of the United States, with Christ, the spirit of God, predominating. He is the Christ...
...daughter makes a pass at the driver of the bus (Rick Jason), who has just left his wife (Joan Collins) because she drinks too much and smooches too little. Meanwhile, the salesman is pitching for the blonde: "I have depths, honest. I think I have." And back at the depot the highway patrol drops in on the driver's wife to see if maybe she isn't good for "a slice...
...Nadler currently may add as much as $192,000 to winnings that have already provided a $15,000 house for his wife and three sons. Beyond that, he can take his pick of offers that will lift him out of his clerk's job in the Army supply depot in downtown St. Louis...