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...Coventry, famed for Lady Godiva and the World War II blitz, that put the British polio picture in focus. With 87 cases in a population of 267,000, it was not the worst-hit city - Maidstone (pop. 55,000) had at least as many cases, and Lincoln (pop. 70,000) had 83. But Coventry's plight was clearest on the record. In July, with 54 cases logged, Coventry had received only enough vaccine to inoculate half the 14,000 top-priority children (aged three to nine) who had registered for shots. The Ministry of Health refused more vaccine. Reason...
...many other characters who filtered across the stage one deserves special mention--the West Indian Songstress of the unlikely name of Lady Godiva who was played by Pete Gaynor with enthusiasm and a grotesquely good delivery. The chorus of butlers and maids entertained the audience almost as much as they entertained themselves, which evidently was considerable. There were at least four split dresses on stage...
...11th century Coventry the penalty for snooping was stern indeed: the original Peeping Tom, according to legend, was struck blind for stealing a glance at Lady Godiva during her famous ride. Nowadays, the punishment is less severe, but it is still enough to bring tears to the stoniest private eye. In a Manhattan courtroom last week Private Investigator John ("Steve") Broady, 52, was near to tears. Reason: he had been convicted of illegal eavesdropping, on 16 counts related to wiretapping. Maximum sentence: 27 years in prison...
...Ride with Godiva. Busy as ever at Holloman, Bachelor Stapp still manages to lead his private version of the good life. He has bought a three-bedroom home at 300 Lovers Lane in nearby Alamogordo, where he lives alone and lumps it. He refuses to own a television set ("I am not ready for intellectual suicide"). His principal indulgence is some excellent hi-fi equipment...
Awaking each morning, he puts in a half-hour of concentration on his day's work and an hour of study with his medical journals before he breakfasts and drives to the lab. For the short ride, he carefully straps himself into his 1953 Cadillac (called Godiva, because "it rides beautifully but keeps me out of new clothes") with a lap-type safety belt. On the way home in the late afternoon, he does his own shopping at the base commissary. Time passes quickly. Says he: "Sometimes I feel beaten to death by a steady procession of Decembers...