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...took off with Grimes at the controls, the general as his copilot, and Harold Possum, 43, of Montclair, Calif., as navigator. Because Grimes added extra fuel tanks enabling it to carry 2,000 gallons of gasoline, the Coast Guard figured that the plane could stay aloft no more than an hour after losing power in one engine. Even so, DC-3s are renowned for their ditching capabilities, and searchers were at first instructed to look for a floating plane...
Token Payments. As it happens, some churches have agreeably worked out such informal arrangements. The Unitarian Church of Montclair, N.J., recently handed town officials a check for $1,000 in token payment for services rendered. In Boston the Christian Scientists pay city taxes on all their properties except the Mother Church itself. In sum, the churches seem ready to render unto Caesar at least a little of his due-lest Caesar ask for even more...
SARA OSWALD Montclair...
...Baker of Edinburgh, Scotland, says that his listing of "violin-D" means that "my talents lie rather in making coffee," but he offers "room with piano, stands, refreshment and car parking." Still, there are drawbacks to being a less-than-A performer. Explains Carleen Hutchins (viola-D), a Montclair, N.J., housewife who makes violas in her spare time: "We Ds don't often get calls; we have to do the calling...
Died. Wilfred John Funk, 83, master wordsmith and retired president of Funk & Wagnalls publishing house; of arteriosclerosis; in Montclair, N.J. (see PRESS...