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...vast perimeter-and on the defensive. The Mau Mau gangs strike and vanish, and the white & black soldiers and police and farmers-on-commando go blundering after them. A commando leader said: "We were doing a little maneuver with some Lancashire Fusiliers. The Fusiliers passed us a tree trunk's breadth away. There were 20 of us, and they never saw us. If we had been Mau Mau!" He made a crude gesture with a calloused hand across his throat...
Last year, bucking hard for trunk-line routes, Pioneer asked the Civil Aeronautics Board to let it expand to some 30 cities in five additional states. To prove it was ready, it sold its entire fleet of old DC-3s to the Air Force for a profit of $945,537, and bought nine faster (270 m.p.h.), roomier (36-passenger) Martin 2-0-2s. CAB warned Pioneer that the Martins were too hot for small airports to handle and far too expensive to operate. If Pioneer insisted on flying the 2-0-2s, it could expect no boost...
...know more of what's happening," he said. "I think I'll drive out and have a look." "My friend, please don't," begged the other. But Ribes was determined. Two hours later, a body was found with head crushed, eyes gouged out, throat and trunk slashed and torn beyond recognition. From the tailor's label in the shreds of the suit, the body was identified as that of Louis Ribes. Two young cyclists who-had followed Ribes's car for safety suffered the same fate. The bodies of three more Frenchmen were found later...
...Phoenix, Ariz., Winnie Ruth Judd made her sixth escape from the State Hospital for the Insane. The 47-year-old "Tiger Woman," committed after the trunk murder of two women 21 years ago, was found by detectives after a two-day search...
...more body room, Plymouth moved the engine two inches forward and shifted the steering-wheel housing. Trunk space was increased 30%, glass area 16%, and horsepower pushed up to 100 v. 97 in the old models. One of the simplest changes-yet one of the best-was made in the two-door models. In them, the front seat is divided not in the center, but at a point one-third from the right door. The new seat permits rear-seat passengers to get in & out without squashing their front-seat companions up against the dashboard in front...