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...boat under Lieut. Commander Albert Gushing Read, U.S.N. This "forgotten" first crossing was made in May, 1919 (Newfoundland-Azores-Lisbon), a month earlier than that by Alcock and Brown in their bomber (Newfoundland-Ireland). The Britons collected the ?10,000 prize offered by the London Daily Mail for a nonstop flight-still offering prizes, I see-while the pioneering Americans languished in comparative obscurity. I had occasion to research this episode thoroughly, for it occurred during the tenure of Josephus Daniels as Secretary of the Navy (whose biographer I have the honor...
...four record-seeking Britons floundering by dogsled across mushy Arctic Ocean ice from Point Barrow, Alaska, to the Spitsbergen archipelago, some 2,100 crevasse-ridden miles distant; last week the quartet was a third of the way along and having radio trouble. More lately, the Times has sponsored a nonstop, round-the-world solo sail, which Chichester calls "the Everest of the sea." Three yachtsmen, including two Britons who once rowed across the Atlantic together, have already set out; seven others are expected to cast off before the Oct. 31 deadline...
...Hesse in 1956, ultimately brought hundreds of fugitives to justice, including the notorious Auschwitz adjutant Karl Höcker. Died. Donald A. Hall, 69, engineering genius who designed Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis; of a heart attack; in San Diego. "CAN YOU CONSTRUCT PLANE CAPABLE FLYING NONSTOP BETWEEN NEW YORK AND PARIS...
Slamming Ramos almost nonstop with both fists, Joe decked the Mexican twice, closed his right eye, and raised egg-size lumps on his forehead. Barely saved by the bell at the end of the second round, Ramos wearily waved his arm in a gesture of surrender, and the referee stopped the fight. For undefeated Joe Frazier, it was Victory No. 21 and Knockout...
...Violinist Charles Libove 38, a tiny (5-ft. 3-in.) dervish of energy and enthusiasm, has the widest background as a soloist, acts as spokesman and arbitrator of musical disagreements Violinist Bernard Eichen, 36, the newest member of the group with only one year's tenure, is a nonstop quipster who gave his first recital at age nine and joined Toscanini's NBC Symphony at 19. Violist John Graham, 31, a modern-music enthusiast and the quiet intellectual of the group, plans all of its programs. Cellist Bruce Rogers, 36, a missionary's son who was raised...