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Died. James Jewell, 69, early radio producerdirector; of a heart attack; in Chicago. While working for WXYZ in Detroit during the 1930s, Jewell produced, wrote and directed both the early Lone Ranger series and The Green Hornet. Kee-Mo-Sah-Bee, Tonto's greeting to the masked Ranger, derived from the name of a boys' camp owned by Jewell's father-in-law. Jewell's later credits include The Black Ace and Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy, a long-running saga that exhorted teen-agers to eat Wheaties...
...strict adherence to the book, as well as an unshakable simple-mindedness and a fateful penchant for instigating catastrophe, has kept Clouseau from achieving his full status as a crime fighter. Give him his due and he would be right up there, somewhere between Arsene Lupin and the Green Hornet, battling the forces of evil-if he could only figure out who they were...
...Hornet added that the report containing the Trustees suggestion on equal access is therefore an integral part of the board's approval...
...Chevrolet's sporty new Monza 2 + 2, or Buick's Skyhawk will receive $500. Ford is offering $200 on small economy cars such as the Pinto and $500 on small luxury cars such as the Mustang II Ghia. American Motors will pay rebates of $200 on Hornet compacts and Gremlins and up to $600 on certain Matador models. Chrysler will pay rebates of up to $300 on big as well as small cars, but the models eligible for refunds change every few days. In addition, Chrysler is offering an extra bonus of $100 to customers who trade...
First there was the War of Independence, then the Sinai war, the Six-Day War, the war of attrition, the Yom Kippur War-and now the water war. Last week, when Soviet minesweepers intruded into Israel's waters in the Gulf of Suez, Israeli Hornet patrol boats confronted them. What could the Russians do to rid themselves of the pesky Israelis? The Soviet captain finally decided on an unusual tactic: he had his crew fire water cannons at the Israeli boats, causing them to duck out of range. But they remained on station, and the Soviets finally left...