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...been playing the same confidence game across the country and offshore under at least 22 different aliases since 1939. Among the accumulated charges: embezzlement in Honolulu, grand theft in Los Angeles, grand larceny in Vancouver, B.C., stealing $2,000 in Norfolk, Va. Cockers, furniture vans and daughter in tow, Margaret had always sped on-just ahead of police -to find the next golden opportunity...
...shifted uneasily. Beads of sweat pebbled his forehead as he stole a shy half-glance at the strangers. Abruptly, like a swimmer surfacing for a gasp of air, he got up, grabbed his drink and pivoted toward an untenanted dining area in the rear, taking his tablemates in tow with the muttered words: "Let's eat in the back and get away from these people...
...bail-out from his T-33 jet over California's Sierra Nevada range and the ensuing 54 days during which he claims to have trekked (on sprained ankles) precariously through the wilderness. Returning to civilization sporting a handsome beard (TIME. July 15). Steeves. 23, was taken in tow by Air Force pressagents, sat for newspaper interviews, repeatedly told his dramatic survival story on TV. and finally got a $10.000 offer for his story from the Saturday Evening Post. Last week the sonic boom cracked around Dave Steeves's ears; the Satevepost announced that it was canceling its contract...
...carefully conditioned, and to make things still easier, they row the 4¾ miles to Chelsea with the tide, not against it, as Thomas Doggett's contemporaries used to do. No longer will the Speaker rush from the Chair in the House of Commons with the members in tow (as Charles Shaw-Lefevre did to watch the 1848 race). But to young rivermen, winning the race is still their greatest ambition...
...supply the new market, the character of the U.S. boat industry is changing. New boat trailers make it possible for a family to buy a boat, keep it in their backyard and tow it along behind the family car to any lake or seashore launching spot. Estimates are that there are already 750,000 boat trailers on U.S. highways, and the number is growing every year. With sales of 140,000 trailers worth $21 million last year, U.S. trailermakers hope to increase their market in 1957 to $25 million for 151,000 trailers, ranging from $100 rigs...