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...Hello, Baby (Fred Astaire; Verve). A song that slips in amidst the hurly-burly of modern pop songs about as unexpectedly as a soft-shoe dance in a rock 'n' roll show−and brings as much relief. Astaire, who helped write the relaxed lyrics, sings them with nice feeling, as always...
...emergency word was passed. Lieut. Commander Frederick J. Hancox, a Coast Guard ready rescue pilot, was jangled from his bed. With his four crewmen, he scrambled for his twin-engined Grumman Albatross, was airborne at 1:02 a.m. Grinding out over the sea, Hancox called into his lip mike: "Hello Yankee Victor Charlie Alpha Mike Sierra,* This is Coast Guard 2124 . . . Do you read? . . . Mike Sierra, this is 2124, request a long count from you on this frequency. Over." Back came the long "one-two-three-four . . ." from the ailing Constellation. The Albatross, following Mike Sierra's radio signal...
...born Baptist Devitt. For 25 years 51-year-old William Devitt and his wife Edith have labored among the Kikuyu, traveling 25,000 miles each year through the Rift Valley to direct the mission's 80 schools for Kikuyu children. The natives affectionately call him "Bwana Jambo" (Mister Hello) because of his friendly greetings. When the Mau Mau revolt began in 1952, Devitt organized Kikuyu of his area to protect themselves. For his pains, he was put on the Mau Mau murder list...
...signed her for $125 a week. He slapped a new label on her (Monroe was the maiden name of Norma Jeane's mother, and Marilyn began with an M too), and put her to work on her first part, in Scudda Hoo, Scudda Hay. Marilyn's part: "Hello." It was cut from the finished film. Nevertheless, Marilyn began to acquire some of a celebrity's mannerisms. She roared through the studio gate in her battered jalopy as though it were a Hispano-Suiza, and she was seldom less than an hour late...
With this source of income assured, Sachar went out to build a University. There once was a good deal more truth than humor in his stock greeting to visitors: "Hello there. Have you seen the three new buildings that went up this morning...