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When Zarchin finally got through to Ben-Gurion, he found an eager supporter. After Israeli engineers had sniffed at his scheme, Zarchin herded them to a nearby ice factory, froze and melted some sea water, and passed it around. The engineers took one sip, then let loose a delighted whoop...
...Taming of the Shrew by you-know-who is the whoop-dee-doo on channel 4 but not 2. Sunday...
...Edward William Frederick David Walugembe Luwangula Mutebi-Kabaka Mutesi II-bowed stiffly to the right and left from his Rolls-Royce convertible as it rolled triumphantly toward his palace in Kampala past throngs of his screaming, weeping, dancing subjects. They beat their cheeks in the Baganda brand of war whoop, thumped tom-toms, flung themselves prostrate as the Kabaka passed. And for four days and nights, an orgy of welcome roared...
...U.S.S.R.'s ace front man, Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov, headed home from the U.N.'s tenth anniversary whoop-de-do in San Francisco. Flashing a toothy smile from under his grey mustache, Molotov deported himself like anybody's lovable old maiden aunt, exuding good will and sedate good humor. When his eastbound train reached Utah, he was handed a security-cleared "Military Map of the U.S.," showing key military installations as of 1953 and bearing printed regrets that censorship prevented inclusion of newer facilities. Arriving in Chicago, Tourist Molotov was greeted by a band of grim...
Cowboy Cinemactor Gene Autry galloped into Houston recently to whoop up the city's annual livestock show and rodeo. One day between performances, ol' Gene, ever alert to evil deeds on the screen, dozed off in his dressing room. While he snored, two small boys sneaked in, played with his pistols, tramped around in his fancy boots, finally slipped $112 out of Autry's diamond-studded, Texas-Ranger-badge money clip. Collared by cops, the little villains were hustled back to Autry, who awoke to drawl: "Well, I'll be doggone!" How had the lads hornswoggled...