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Freberg, who first hit the satirical record big time with his John and Marsha take-off on soap operas, got the idea for Try while eating in a Hollywood restaurant. The jukebox kept droning Johnny Ray records-"and pretty soon I'm up to my hips in tears...
Biggest drawback to delta wing planes is their performance at low speeds. To maintain lift during landing and take-off they must hold their noses awkwardly high, limiting the pilot's vision at times when he needs it most. But there are fighters already on the drawing board that will meet this difficulty with adjustable wings...
...Joey is perfect heel-&-toe stuff which, while carving up Joey, both creates and burlesques a raft of dance routines. What with the nightclub background, the second act possibly suffers from a take-off or so too many; but now as aforetimes Robert Alton's choreography has amazing liveliness, and the hoofing chorines are the jolliest bunch of girls in several seasons...
...Florida-bound flight crashed seven minutes after take-off, killing all 56 persons aboard. In the rest of the country, the weekend storm and cold snap that followed caused 60 other deaths. Highway accidents accounted for most of these...
...Miss Dunster House" will be elected from among 'Cliffedwellers at the Funster Jolly-Up, a take-off of the yearly Annex social events, at 6 p.m. tonight in Cabot Hall...