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...Pennsylvania dental surgeon named Lytle S. Adams hit upon the idea of arming bats with tiny incendiary bombs and letting them loose over Japan. The bomber bats would supposedly seek refuge in the eaves of Japanese houses, where their deadly cargoes-equipped with a 15-hr, timer-would explode and set off fires...
...labor at Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital; her bed rolled across the room and slammed into the opposite wall. During the same quake, Store Owner Fernando Gonzalez watched $30,000 worth of liquor somersault from his shelves. Gonzalez was a new man to the liquor business, and an old timer cracked, "He should have put his best whisky on the back of the shelf." Gonzalez still has not made up his losses, but he has learned to pen in his bottles with wire...
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...directoring debut, David Steinberg avoids all the gimmicky devices a first-timer often employs and adds his own special stand-up-comic touch to many of the funny scenes. However, his successes on the comedy side barely compensate for his failure to turn the romantic spark between Reynolds and the new first lady Beverly D'Angelo into a flame. Even in comedy, the director at times stretches for just a little bit too much, for that extra, meaningless laugh...
...Crimson women were denied possible first in the half-mile when co-captain Clabby and a UNH runner snapped the tape together. The judges, without the aid of an accu-timer, awarded the top spot to UNH. Freshman Grace Defries copped third in that event with a 2:20.6 timing...