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...dozens of model planes piled on top of a pinball machine in an unused bedroom. Built by a friend, the planes are mostly the vintage airliners Travolta saw from his window as a kid, dreaming that they would some day take him away from the humdrum of Englewood, N.J. There are old Lockheed Constellations, with their twin tails, and British Brittanias. But most of all there are sturdy little DC-3s, the workhorse of four decades. "It was the first true airliner," he says. "It depended just on people who wanted to pick up and go someplace...
...clans. Many of Marquette's homeowners have already moved out of other neighborhoods that turned all black, taking heavy financial losses in the process. Less than four years ago, Carol Smith, a secretary, and her husband Bill, 33, a truck driver, sold their dwelling in now black West Englewood, a few blocks away, at a substantial loss. Says she: "Many of us have fled two or three times before. We have nowhere else to move...
...urge to perform runs in the Travolta family. John's mother, Helen Burke, an actress in Englewood, N.J., urged all her six children to take part in local theater. As the baby of the family, John had many acts to follow. At age seven, he flew around the country with his sister Ellen in a road show of Gypsy and at twelve acted in his first amateur production. Recalls Travolta: "That world of airplanes and theaters seemed my only route to freedom." At 16, he quit school and began working in dinner theaters and summer stock. Looking back...
Sanjay Modak Englewood...
...Master Mind junkie," says Molly Rambler, a teacher from Englewood, N.J. "I can't go to bed at night until I play a couple of games." The game creating such helpless addiction is an import from Britain. Since Master Mind first came on the market two years ago, 5 million sets have been bought in 60 different countries. Since last spring, 85,000 Master Mind sets have been sold in the U.S. at prices from $2.50 to $20. Thousands of players are addicted...