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...Winging homeward from the U.S., Ecuador's Galo Plaza stopped off for more state visiting in Mexico and Venezuela...
Flying from Rome to London, Comedian Red Skelton entertained a small but appreciative audience of 54 passengers, including eleven British youngsters homeward bound from the Middle East. The curtain went up when two of the four engines conked out over the Alps. While the third engine sputtered, the fascinated moppets happily watched the red-haired mimic go through 35 minutes of juggling, shadow-boxing and pantomime gags until the plane made an emergency landing in Lyon...
...Flying homeward, Ike stopped off at the two remaining NATO countries on his schedule: soldierless but strategically important Iceland, and Canada, where he conferred with cabinet members. From Ottawa Ike called the Pentagon. Said he: "I'm sick and I'm tired. Don't let anybody bother me until I get some rest'." In 22 days he had covered nearly 20,000 miles, visited twelve countries...
...piece of rock. He heard them say, in Spanish, that it was a sample of uranium ore, and that the Government was offering a $10,000 prize to prospectors who made a big strike. Paddy decided to try finding some and that same day, as he rode his horse homeward, he spotted an outcropping of the odd-looking rock. He broke off some. Next day he took it to Grants, gave it to the mayor and asked him to get it analyzed...
What is odd is that Harvard defenders are willing and enthusiastic about performing this thankless heroism week after week. They leave the comfort of the stands, the solace of their companions in misery on the homeward trek over the Anderson Bridge, and, in some cases, their dates. In exchange, they have an opportunity to be punched, kicked, knocked down, disrobed, and robbed by hordes of boisterous invaders from other colleges and waves of enterprising gamins...