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Mother Glory. The semipermanent Russian flotilla is nothing if not well-organized. The largest Russian "mother" vessels measure half again as long as a football field and constitute floating factories in which the daily hauls of up to 20 trawlers are processed, frozen and stored. They also supply and refuel the smaller vessels and can haul them out of the water for repairs. Black Sea Glory even has medical and dental facilities for trawler crewmen, as well as movies and ball games on deck...
Snap of the Fingers. Black-bereted naval infantrymen, the Soviet version of Marines, stroll the streets of Damascus. Intelligence trawlers refuel at what has become the Soviets' main Mediterranean port of call, Alexandria. Soviet patrol boats tie up 1,700 miles to the west at the Algerian port of Mers-el-Kebir. Soviet subs play hide-and-seek with NATO patrols underneath the heel of Italy. Overhead, from bases in Egypt, Soviet "Badger" class planes, their red stars painted over with Egyptian markings, wing daily across the Mediterranean to shadow Allied fleets...
...plane was placed in a holding pattern over Hartford, Conn. At 7:45, it was switched into another pattern over Stamford, Conn., where it made lazy circles in unison with several other aircraft. At 8:40, the pilot announced that if delayed much longer, he might have to refuel in Hartford. At 9:05, the plane touched down at La Guardia and the passengers deplaned, over two hours late...
Such tie-ups have been the rule rather than the exception for the last two weeks at New York City airports. Flights from Europe have had to hold over the city for so long that they have been forced to go to Gander to refuel. Domestic flights from the West Coast to New York were placed in holding patterns as far away as Denver. One Northeast flight, originating from La Guardia, had to refuel after waiting on the ground for 2½ hours, resumed its place in line and waited two more hours before canceling. In a single day, Mohawk...
...Mona Lou III, a 32-ft. Maritime inboard powered by two 475-h.p. Mercury engines, Odell Lewis was worried not so much about winning as merely staying afloat. A draining, plug had popped out of Mona Lou's hull; when Lewis pulled into Nassau to refuel, he had to leap overboard and plug the hole with rags to keep the boat from sinking. Finally, after 10 hr. 54 min. of whomping on the water, during which he averaged 54 m.p.h., Lewis crossed the finish line to win the $10,000 first prize by a margin of only four seconds...