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...Pennsylvania Dutch. As the eldest of six children, Arleigh worked hard on his father's 170-acre farm. But a country school teacher aroused his interest in the Navy and on June 26, 1919, the sturdy blond Swede from Boulder stepped off the old Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis railway (now defunct, but known for years to midshipmen as the "Weary, Belated & Annoyed") to begin his Navy career...
Female Venom. The men offered a grim antidote to sweetness in The Sentry, a Civil War episode seen on NBC's Goodyear Playhouse. John Gay's original drama told of an attempt by three Confederates to destroy a railway bridge behind the Union lines, and the beat-up veterans were given a grimy reality by George Grizzard. Frank Overton and Si Oakland. But Author Gay had more success in writing his strongly individual characters than in handling the quirks and coincidences of his plot...
...natives who came upon a deserted railway tank car near Durban last week recognized the lettering "alcohol" on the car, but the prefix "methyl" meant nothing to them. Agog with the prospect of a gay weekend, they drained off 22 gallons of methyl alcohol still in the bottom of the tank and carried it off in a big black drum to be mixed into home brew. But first they decided to have a quick taste all around...
...President Reed doesn't read his own pamphlets on tourist etiquette. He advises tourists to be "ambassadors of good will" and, you say, realizes that Americans do not endear themselves to foreigners by spending money. Yet he rollicks through Germany and Italy in a plush, private railway car, and tries to prime the British economy with his lavish gratuities. MAURICE H. OPPENHEIM Mannheim, Germany...
...royal limousine window, Britain's Princess Anne, a winsome five, shyly leaned forward to wave at the crowds and the birdie, momentarily eclipsing her mother Queen Elizabeth II as they left London's St. Pancras railway station. They were returning from a weekend in Leicestershire as house guests of Coldstream...