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...Angels by Sweeping a crucial three-game series in Los Angeles to drop Rigney's team well behind New York, Behind genuinely first-rate pitching the Senators took two straight from Chicago, split four New York, and took three of four here. It will be a long haul, but Washington could be starting a five-year plan that when completed, will land them in or close to the first division
...over. Astronaut John Glenn piled up favorable mention by bicycle riding, swimming, playing touch football and baseball, falling into the bay while water-skiing with Jackie, and barely ducking a crashing boom after he hesitated for a moment in carrying out the President's order to haul in the main sheet. After sundown, guests are mercifully allowed to fade slightly, and everyone is in bed by midnight. After all, next day is apt to be a hard day at the Kennedys...
...history. Gone from the gallery's choice "Summer Exhibition" were 35 paintings, including works from the recently sold Sir Alexander Korda collection, Renoir's magnificent Andree Assise from the Somerset Maugham collection, and the well-known Tilling the Vineyard, by Toulouse-Lautrec. The market value of the haul was estimated at about $1,200,000, and the thieves were obviously connoisseurs. They not only took the best; they also knew which paintings were too delicate to be cut from their frames and would have to be taken frame and all. Said one insurance assessor working on the case...
...through this puzzle, the police, still intrigued with Moriarty's peculiar banking habits, began searching for more loot. Sure enough, in a garage not far from the original site, they found two paper sacks containing $168,675, also presumed to belong to Newsboy. This brought the total haul to $2,590,255. The discovery in turn sent swarms of children, old ladies and other assorted adventurers on a wild treasure hunt in Jersey City garages. Those citizens have to wait their turn, however. The state was interested in taking a cut of the loot; so were Jersey City...
...railroads today would far rather haul freight than people-and they show it. But things are different in the rest of the world. Though the glamorous Orient Express, beloved by mystery writers, has been curtailed because of international red tape and visa requirements, the luxury train still belongs to the European way of life. Latest and best is West Germany's sleek new Rheingold Express, which clicks along at 100 m.p.h. between Basel and Hook of Holland. Its six cars offer the latest in air-conditioned high living-roomy six-seat compartments, contoured reclining chairs, a glass-walled observation...