Word: torquay
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Mercedes 250. Fearful that the police were closing in, Reynolds lit out from his hiding place. He traveled constantly for five years, fleeing through six countries on false passports obtained for $33,000 from criminal acquaintances. When he was finally run down in the English seaside resort of Torquay, he seemed relieved. Said he: "Anyone who thinks that crime pays must...
Retirement was still five years away, but her admirers were already making plans for the old girl's sunset years. Britain's Holiday Camper Billy Butlin offered $2,800,000 to take her to Penzance, Land's End, Torquay-somewhere on the south coast of England. Cunard Chairman Sir John Brocklebank seemed to have the Caribbean in mind. Wherever she winds up, in Penzance as a floating Holiday Camp, or in the Caribbean as a luxury boatel, the Queen Mary, 26-year-old doyenne of the Cunard fleet, would be in good hands. And besides, getting there...