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...crowd. Scotland's Roman Catholic Father Sydney MacEwan, 45, started to sing in a small voice that recalled much of the bewitching sweetness of the late John McCormack. He sang the centuries-old songs of plaintive and merry love, of the sea and of the rugged Hebrides, while mink-jacketed matrons and sober monsignori dabbed al misty eyes. One of the favorites...
Night Prayer. Colonel Shoup changed the take-off pattern so that jets turned away from built-up areas, schools and nearby mink ranche, (mother minks frightened by noise stop breeding). He invited community leaders to his base, briefed them on Soviet striking forces and on his defense mission, showed them a jet scramble. He notified the public of extra flight activities, spoke at civic clubs, showed groups around the base. Soon, Madison changed its mind about the Air Force. Said one elderly resident, formerly quick to complain when awakened at night by the banshee shriek of a scrambling...
...young villains to filling George Raft's hairpiece; and Actress Lupino, as is to be expected from a member of one of the oldest families in the British theater, flounces through her part with the sad little flourish of a hat-check girl in a customer's mink. And Ida can flounce with a verve that would have delighted Grandpa Lupino, known as "Old George," who held the 19th century record for successive toe spins...
...trouble is too many cars. They now plan to cut output to an average of 415,000 cars a month for the rest of the year, compared to an average 481,416 a month to date. While cutting down inventories, manufacturers and dealers hope to persuade buyers that mink stoles and 24% discounts are not the normal way of selling cars. But they face a tough job. After years of being taken for a ride when cars were scarce, the U.S. buyer is now firmly in the driver's seat...
...year). The number of chinchilla raisers has multiplied almost as fast in the last few years. Former G.I.s, clerks and housewives bought the high-priced animals (up to $1,500 a pair) and raised chinchillas in the happy belief that the fur would take over part of the mink market and make them rich...