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...take aerial shots of the Cambodian border when his helicopter picked up an emergency message. Some G.I.s had triggered a booby trap and there were wounded to be evacuated. The chopper landed, and Page ran out to help. Another booby trap exploded, blowing the legs off an Army sergeant, wounding Page in the chest, arm, abdomen and head. Less than three hours later, he was undergoing emergency surgery. At week's end his chances for survival seemed to be increasing...
Being in charge-and in combat-is nothing new to him. As a sergeant in World War II, he commanded a tank. During a battle near the Nazi lines, a shell fragment ripped into the left side of his face, and plastic surgery left him with a stiff, dour expression that matches his personality. Smiles come hard to the new Governor, even if he were of the mind for them. Ogilvie built his public reputation as a federal prosecutor, gaining wide publicity in 1960 when he prosecuted a Chicago gang boss on income tax fraud. Ogilvie's masklike, bespectacled...
...first puppet show consisted of a Federal meat inspector (who looked suspiciously like a drill sergeant) convincing a young calf (who loked suspiciously liek a draftee) that, since he had been graded "A-1 Prime" it was his duty to serve, unless, of course he could demonstrate a belief in some "Sacred...
...father's tales of warring with General Pershing on the Mexican border. He joined the Army at 17, received a battlefield commission during World War II, and rose to captain. But with his sketchy education, further promotion was impossible. He reverted to noncom, now holds the rank of sergeant-major. Still hard and trim at 48, Kelley is in charge of re-enlistments for the Second Division Headquarters, about 20 miles north of Seoul, Korea...
...Satirist Elaine May with a crisp and zany comic flair. Miss May's own play, Adaptation, is the game of life staged like a TV contest. Next, by Terrence McNally, features an enormously resourceful performance by James Coco as an overaged potential draftee called before a female sergeant for a humiliating physical and psychological examination...