Word: sloops
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Copyreader Robert Manry, 48, went home to Cleveland last week, and proved that a man who manicures the news can also make it. Back from his high adventure-crossing the Atlantic in 78 days in his 131-ft. sloop, the Tinkerbelle-Manry was given a Cleveland reception that few celebrities and no other copyreaders have received. Ohio Governor James Rhodes greeted him and his family at the airport, praised him as "the epitome of dedication and devotion to sailing." His wife wept. A motorcade took him to Cleveland's Public Square, where he was met by 3,000 well...
...biggest story in the Cleveland Plain Dealer concerned one of its own em ployees. The paper kept its readers posted almost daily on the progress of Copy Editor Robert Manry, 48, who set out last June 1 from Falmouth, Mass., for Falmouth, England, aboard the frail 131-ft. sloop Tinkerbelle. Manry dutifully reported news of his crossing to the Plain Dealer via passing ships; once he sent a bundle of letters to his wife, and the Plain Dealer published those too. As all Cleveland concentrated on the adventures of its seagoing copy editor, the city's other paper, Scripps...
...Tylercraft's first jet-powered 24-ft. auxiliary sloop ($4,885). The jet engine takes less room and costs half as much as a propeller inboard, uses regular gasoline...
...Mike Burke was a smalltime building contractor in Miami named Mike Schwartz who had a 48-ft. sloop for weekend recreation. In time, he found he had more friends than he had room for and was both footing the bill and doing the work...
Radcliffe sailors scored high in two regattas on the Charles last wekend. In competition Saturday, Marjorie Smith and Alice Ingraham sailed their sloop to a third place finish against boats from eight New England colleges. The Cliffies scored a total of 32 points, finishing behind Connecticut College and Pembroke, who tied for first place with a score...