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...purser was just reaching for a brandy and soda when he heard a sound like firecrackers exploding. A 120-ft. ship, bristling with guns, had slipped out of the darkness and was raking the Wing Sang with bullets. "Pirates!" someone cried. Captain Ronald G. Stanton ordered full speed ahead, but when the pirate ship pumped shells into the Wing Sang from two Oerlikon guns, he saw that he could not get away...
...raffish crew of about 70 young Chinese in faded khaki and peaked military caps, and with Colt revolvers, Mauser automatics and bandoleers. Their leader, a slim, handsome man whose badge of office appeared to be a pair of brown leather gloves, made a short speech. Money, said he. Stanton was ordered to send his lifeboat back to the Wing Sang, to pick up $10.000 in ransom, and a passenger or two as hostages...
Their leader made another speech. "Gold," he demanded. "The only damned gold we have is my watch," Captain Stanton snapped, ripping it off his wrist and handing it over. The pirate chief ordered two of the crewmen who had accompanied Stanton to hand over their wristwatches...
...President Frank Stanton, already plagued by costs, technical problems and the public's standoffish attitude toward color, seemed relieved to get off the hook. He promised instant compliance with the Government request, and immediately discontinued regular color telecasts (10½ hours a week) on the ground that the public has too few color sets to make further broadcasts worthwhile...
...Frank Stanton...