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...plane that killed 71 people. Now air pockets of labor disputes, technical difficulties and a conflict among pilots have hit Swiss, the country's newly renamed national airline. Still smarting from the bankruptcy last fall of their old flag carrier, Swissair, the Swiss hope the recent glitches do not signal another disaster...
...nudie comedy was a limited format, and it took a while for him to think of something else. Meanwhile, he ground out more pallid imitations of "Teas." In "Wild Gals of the Naked West" - starring, as "Teas" had, a veteran of Meyer's World War II unit, the 166th Signal Corps (this time Sammy Gilbert) - the girls wore bejeweled pasties, "covering the money," as his producer Pete deCenzie grumbled. Even Meyer wasn't crazy about some of these efforts. In his rampaging autobiography "A clean BREAST! The Life and Loves of Russ Meyer," he writes of the 1962 "Erotica" that...
...they had agreed to be sterilized after promises of food, free operations and medicines. Others said they were threatened with fines and the loss of medical help if they refused to be sterilized. MEANWHILE Bella Figura An alternative beauty contest in Italy chose a new Miss Cicciona (Tubby) to signal resistance against her countrywomen's worship of svelte bodies. Maria Dore, 36, crushed rivals to win the contest after weighing in at 194 kg (427lbs). Afterward she revealed her weight-gaining secret: pizza with mushrooms...
...April, when Pentagon sources leaked word to the New York Times that an Iraqi war would require as many as 250,000 troops. That was standard procedure--warning the White House and Congress that a march to Baghdad would mean more casualties than they realized. It was also a signal. Says a former service Secretary: "The generals don't want to put kids in harm's way for what they think is a fool's errand...
...Hamas and Islamic Jihad (the two organizations responsible for the latest attacks), and even the Al Aksa Martyr's Brigade linked with Arafat's own Fatah organization. They're out to demonstrate their continued ability to kill Israelis despite the IDF's presence in the West Bank cities and signal their rejection of any new diplomatic efforts...