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Constitutional. In Lewisburg, Ohio, John F. Lock won a 52-year battle to get his rural mailbox moved 1,056 ft. nearer his home after he proved that he had already walked 6,250 miles to pick up his mail...
...fountain in the center of the arena floor. Refreshments are no longer served, and promenaders today sometimes bring their own. Biggest change in 60 years of promenading: from bluff Sir Henry Wood, who gets credit for force-feeding his public large helpings of new music (and who used to lock the doors to keep his men from nipping off for a quick one during rehearsals), to suave Sir Malcolm, who has babied his audiences since he took over in 1950, feeds them what they like, and even sees to it (with appropriate gestures) that they laugh in the right places...
...Angeles televiewers this week got a closeup look at some extremely fancy shenanigans: they watched two collection-agency men in a fascinating demonstration of the techniques of repossessing an automobile. The two approached four locked cars, and using burglars' tools and master keys, opened the doors. As the camera peered over their shoulders, they showed how to "hot wire" a car (i.e., bypass the ignition lock) to start the engine. Then they demonstrated another favorite gadget of "repo" men: an equalizer tube for quick inflation of tires in case delinquent owners have deliberately flattened tires to ward off repossession...
Back at the White House after three weeks, Johnston reported that Jordan "closed the door but did not lock it," while Syria "left the door slightly ajar." That was enough: Salesman Johnston had his foot in the door. He revised his chances from 1 in 10 to 1 in 3. He said he would go back in a few months...
...plane to demonstrate to Army Air Corps brass at Wright Field in Dayton. With an Army pilot in the cockpit, and Boeing's Chief Test Pilot Leslie Tower aboard, Boeing's 6-17 took off. But the pilot was unaware that the tail surfaces had a lock to keep them from being buffeted by the wind when on the ground. With the controls locked, the plane took off, lurched over on one wing, crashed and burned. Both Tower and the Army flyer were killed. Boeing collected $350,000 in insurance, but Douglas, with a twin-engined...