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...winds from the Hindu Kush blew across the grass runway of Kabul airport last week as a sleek Russian TU-104 jet airliner touched down, bringing slim, weathered King Mohammed Zahir Shah back from a 17-day state visit to Moscow, 2,000 miles away. The King stepped onto a Persian carpet and delivered a brief arrival speech. "The trip was most successful," he told the assembled dignitaries. "The hearts of the Russian people are full of friendship for Afghanistan...
Poland, he said, is in a "tight corner" economically and needs a large loan badly. The recent American loan of 95 million is "only enough to taxi on the runway, not enough to fly," he asserted...
...Catalina swimsuits) contest for Miss U.S.A.-presumably the prettiest unmarried woman in the country-was nearing its climax. Fifteen finalists stood out, having shown more good looks than their 29 sisters representing the beauty of their respective areas. Poured into white bathing suits, the girls swiveled decorously down a runway under the judges' fastened, clinical eyes. Then, with the pomp of a St. James's coronation, the winner was crowned: Leona Gage (Miss Maryland), 21, a dark-haired stunner (5 ft. 9½ in., 118 Ibs.; 36-23-36). The prizes: a $1,000 wardrobe...
Standing on the runway on insectlike legs, the plane had a hunched, tense look. Its nose was a sharp metal spike, and the leading edges of its delta wing curled downward a little, suggesting a cobra's hood. But even when it was standing still, it seemed to be moving, and when its engines opened wide, it snapped forward like a toy on a rubber cord and leaped into the air at a sharp angle. The plane was the new B58 Hustler, a bomber made by Convair...
Smooth Glide. After three tense hours there was still one faint hope: a landing that would give the dangling paratrooper half a chance to survive the high-speed impact with the ground. Ingeniously the Air Force ordered fire engines to spray a runway of Pope Air Force Base with slick, heavy foam. Just before the null wheels touched down, one of the crewmen cut Flugum loose. He shot along the runway back down, protected by his parachute pack, in a smooth, 100-ft. glide. Thanks to the split-second ingenuity, he was unbruised by the landing. But despite...