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...George, the patron saint of England, earned his place in medieval Christian legend by spearing a dragon that was just about to gobble up a Libyan maiden. St. Christopher was a sort of Jolly Green Giant of the early church who ferried wayfarers across a river on his back; one of his passengers turned out to be the child Jesus, and Christopher naturally became the patron saint of travelers...
...dialogue is out of some high school play. Lois reacts to the news that her Texas boy friend (Karl Maiden) has $40 million by saying: "All us girls have our price." Dolores does not care if the baron is really an international jewel thief who has been using her as a diamond drop, "because I happen to be in love with you." And when Pamela stomps into the cockpit to tell Pilot O'Brian that "there are plenty of other men in the world," he probably would have slugged her if he had not been busy driving the plane...
...Wellesley bicycle race, discontinued since 1957, will be revived on Saturday, May 18, Cyclists will assemble by 1 p.m. at Harvard Stadium for the start, and the victor will receive not only a brand new racing bike donated by the Bicycle Exchange, but also a kiss from the fairest maiden present...
...both planes have two fanjet engines mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, cruise at about 550 m.p.h. and accommodate up to 83 passengers. Price: in the $2,500,000 to $3,000,000 bracket. The big difference is that the BAC One-Eleven will make its maiden flight in June; the DC-9 will not be ready to fly before 1965. And the British have already sold 41 One-Elevens, including twelve to Braniff, while Douglas does not yet have a single order...
Trimmed in chocolate brown and canary yellow, the stubby jetliner with the peculiar T-shaped tail lifted off the runway at the Boeing Co.'s Renton plant near Seattle on its successful maiden flight. The plane is the Trijet medium-range 727, roughly three-quarters as large as Boeing's 707 and powered by three fanjet engines mounted in the rear. It is also the only commercial jetliner now under development in the U.S.-and it may be the last. While U.S. airframe companies are all but giving up planemaking, European planemakers are pushing ahead with bold...