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...result is that many a televiewer firmly believes in the existence of Overlook, Verdict's fictitious small city (pop. 125,000), its malefactors and martyrs, its country club and Skid Row, the awful goings-on at the outlying Mountain View Inn. Recalls Director Paul: "One of our lawyers got a long-distance call from a Cleveland woman. She wanted to pay his poor client's legal...
This week Charleston's cops and skid row bums were talking about the bad news: Chief Bias was looking for a new chaplain and missioner. Ken Hager is retiring from the force to move to New Smyrna Beach, Fla., where his brother, sister and 85-year-old mother live. But he does not plan to relax in the sun. "I believe God will lead me into new work there," he says. "I imagine some people down there need a little prodding about the future of their souls. I'll be there to give it to them...
...huge birthday cake in Chicago's International Amphitheatre. Before more than 11.500 onlookers, a series of historical tableaux reincarnated yesteryear's fiery crusaders (Billy Sunday, Dwight Moody) and tycoon benefactors (Marshall Field, Colonel McCormick). plus scenes from the Civil War, the Great Chicago Fire and old Skid Row days. It was all part of the jazzy ("Y's UP") 100th anniversary celebration of Chicago's Y.M.C.A...
...slump in the world market accounted for about 10%, U.S. voluntary restrictions for only 4%. ¶ In the same period, politically powerful Texas' output has dropped 18%. ¶ Crude prices in the U.S. have shaded off 10? to 25? from the Suez high of $3.25 per bbl., might skid fast if any producer insists on flooding the market...
...temperature rises too high, the pilot may point the nose upward to get into thinner air and let the ship cool off. Gradually the X-15 will lose both speed and altitude. When it has lost enough of both, the pilot will ease it down to a skid landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., 485 miles from Wendover...