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...townspeople, who act the way good people do who are not accustomed to being juxtaposed with too many celebrities: a little jumpy and voluble. A woman asked privately, "Did Theodore Roosevelt draw in this many in 1902?" [Answer: No.] A young visitor from Long Island saw a crop duster circling the cotton fields near the new school where the meeting would take place, and thought it might be a Government plane looking for Communists...
There were British, American, French, Swedish and Israeli warplanes, a Soviet SST and even a new Polish crop duster, a jet that can fly only 100 m.p.h. But the star of Paris' biennial Air Show was Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 70, whose husband Charles touched down at Le Bourget airport 50 years ago at the end of his epic transatlantic flight. With her son Scott, she made an appearance for the dedication of a memorial to Lindy. Displaying a delicate sense of the appropriate, Transportation Secretary Brock Adams, in attendance to open the U.S. pavilion at the show, gallantly passed...
...large Portuguese community (400,000 people) in South Africa. That is not the only place where mercenaries are being sought. An ad in the Fresno, Calif., Bee last week advertised for "mercenaries, activities in Africa ... military background a must." The ad was placed by David Bufkin, 38, a crop duster and former G.I. who said he had been hired by "Portuguese interests" to recruit 300 Americans for UNITA and the F.N.L.A. ($1,200 a month for a one-year stint...
...what they were 16 months ago. But small-car prices jumped about 25%, while those of full-size models went up only an average of 15% during that period. For example, the cost of Ford's latest subcompact Pinto has climbed 27%, to $2,919; Plymouth's Duster is up 29%, to $3,243. By contrast, full-size Dodge Monacos have increased 18%, to $4,605, and Ford...
Chrysler produces two compacts, the Plymouth Duster and Dodge Dart. Says Townsend: "We have been reducing the number of models we make and increasing the commonality of parts." Chrysler once used up to 60 different window regulators in its cars; now the number is down to five. According to Chrysler President John Riccardo, "The new program means longer production runs for each model and fewer parts to stock in plants and dealerships...