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Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1957-01-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Wolcott. On
the 26th their guests were; Mr..
and Mrs. Jack Wolcott of Cleve-
land, Mr.. and Mrs. Dale VOL
colt of Hambden and Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Wolcott and daugh-
ter Shirley.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1957-01-03
BY Nellie C. Adams
Telephone 6-6289

EAST CLARIDON - Christ
mas day guests at the r. D.
Winchell and RE. CARRIER home
included Mrs. Verna White of
Middlefield, Mrs. Lora Scott
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1957-01-03

vile.
The Mothers Club will hold
its regular meeting on Friday
afternoon, Jan. IL. 1t is planned
to have a style show at that
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Folk
and family of Cleveland and
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Berkeley of
Eastlake visited their brother
and siSter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Folk on Sunday evening
Of last week.
Mrs. Aura Michener and Mrs.
Ruth Davies were recent guests
of Mrs. John Deming of Chag-
rim Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davies spent
New Years day III Geneva at
the home OF her brother and
wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Donald
Holmes as members of a fam
lily party.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1957-01-03
Newcomers
Stage Xmas
Party

Thursday, Dec. 20, the Dec
ember meeting of the Welcome
Wagon Newcomers. club was
held at Pilgrim Christian church.
After a short business meeting
Christmas carols and other
songs of the holiday season were
sung by the group, followed by
a small gift exchange and de-
licious refreshments.
On the calendar, the next
meeting should be a most en-
tertaining one. A pot-luck supper
will be held at 6:45 pm,
Thursday, January II, at Pill
grim-ChriStian church. This is
to be an affair for both huS-
bands and wives, so all new
comerS and those already mem
berS of the club are urged to
attend. Please call Betsy Schrad-
er, 6-5751, or Arlene Finkle, s.
4401, if you have any questions
as to what to bring. Each
couple is to bring their own
silver and table service, and
dish to pass that will serve
approximately eight people. The
Club is looking forward to see
ing all the interested newcomers
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1957-01-03

Thurs. Fri. Sat Jan a, Z
John Agar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-31
CHICAGOLIVESTOCK

CHICAGO. May 81 R-UsDAl.-
Salable hogs 5000; market active, un-
even; generally rs to so htgher on
butchers; sows also uneven; generally 20
higher; instances as much as so hteher
No. % l0O-240 10. butchers 1875
2O.25; few No. > around gao Id. down
to 1880: few lots No. l-2 around $40
ID. 1000: few lots No. 1-2 200-220 ID.
20 SIS: - head lot No. ! go ID. uni
form In weight and Grade 2O:65; No. 2-3
25O-2oO ID. lY.25-19.7b; few LOIS mostly
No. . 2SO-3lO ID. 1S.75-19.25: larger
lots mixed grades 35O-425 10. sows
l65O-l7. so: few 3OO-33O ID. 1880
1900; most 425-550 ID. I5.50-l6.5O;
few 1898.
saiable cattle 1900: calves 600: all
classes moderately active and about
steady; GOOD to low choice steers 81 so
~. so: few individual average TO high
choice steers 2l.50; few standard to low
good lS.0O-2l 90; few good and choice
heifers 81 .OO.23.0O; utility and COM
mercial cows lb.O0-105u; tanners and
cutters 12.OO-i4.OO; utility and CONNER
cial bulls IL .O0-1S.5O; lew goou and
choice vealers 22.OO-26.O0.
salahle sheep 1000; trade fairly ac-
tive: market fully steady on all classes;
choice shorn lambs e5-f04 ID. with No.
y pelts 81 .OO-21 so; latter price for
4 loads choice and prime spring lamb
N2-S0 ID. 24O0-24.16; Gull to choice
SLAUGHTER ewes 4.O0-1.OO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-31
Nuthun A. Clark
Named Secretary
General Services

Nathan A. Clark has been
elected secretary Of General
Services Life Insurance Co. and
will administer all home office
procedures Of the rapidly grow
ing company. effective next
Monday, President Carl Thomp-
son announced.
For 10 years Mr.. Clark has
been secretary and personnel
officer of Acacia Mutual Life
Insurance Co. He started with
Acacia more than 20 years ago
as a clerk in the actuarial de-
partment and except for service
with the Navy in World War II
has been with that company
since that time.
At Acacia he has held many
different positions and is fa-
miliar with all phases Of home
Office operations.
A native of Washington he
attended public schools here and
George Washington University
He resides in Arlington. Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-31
D. c. PRODUCE

Quotations supplied by the United
states Agriculture Department and cover
sales 20 $3.50 am. on less-than-car.
A3ples-Washington. Red Delicious
1858. 300; Minesap, boxes, wrapped,
extra fancy 64.l3Ss. 1901 so; fency
t4-l3Ss. o.OO-6.b0.
Bananas-4O-lb. ctns., cut, 4 .OO-4 25.
some poorer lower.
orapeiruit---Fla. las-bu, wire. bound
cans. 36-7gs. 3:75-4. s5; pink seedless,
50-B4s. BOO; 46s, 4.25-4.5O.
Lemons--Calif.. ctns.. per count, 1905
and 1905, 4.OO-4.25; fair quality. 800
=, oranses-calii., etns., per count.
Sssi.y ssloo se s iSSs oPPi Pa lSar
wlre.bound crts,, per count, valenclas,
l50-.l0s, 4.OO-4,6O; u etns. l6O-2i8
strawbsrrlss-,,Na J.; Ie-Ot. erts,, vari.
quality. condition and size; Va. loot.
erts.. various varieties, ordinary quality
and condition. 4.OO-4 90.
Watermelons-Fia.. Charleston orays,
2O-2b-lb average. per h., ga cents;
smaller size, jH cents.
Vegetables
Snap beans--N. c., Blu. hprs., VAlen-
tines, I. 50-5 90; fair condition. zoo
s' "a C., 6u hp.s. vslentines 80
=. 7b-J.OO.
cebbaee-Domestic Round type, N. c.,
5s.bu, crts,, l.5O-2 90; open bu. bkts,
packed locally, l.55.
Sslery---ie:ineh srts.. Pascal. Calf,
y.ytss, b.Ib-6.OO; Fla, 2-3s. 4,b0-5.O 90;
fair condition. 2.Oo-a.6O; IS, fair eOndi.
c 90, T,i se:S eIts "a. yellow,
No. !, 300.
oreens---Nearby, Blu. bkts., collards.
Mustard: Rape aud Turnip Tops. LES;
kale, s5-l.OO
Lettuce--Iceberg type. Calf. tsaI. I.
!. wattsy. o district std; etns,; 2 doa,, best.
condition. 50: / b; Delaware, oY Eas tern
ICEBERG crts.. doz., poor condition. 10
90; y. j.. Eastern IeeberR erts.. q dos.
Boston pJoff Ea sSnq'i sats eC 81: oo y.
100 Romano, ljv-bu. crts.. N. j..
Dry onions--5O-lb. sacks tunles
sotherwise stated. ArlS. .orano and
SeI nsS.i Bs snG ;s,s. medium t2O orano.
muda. medium. 3,75-4.OO.
Potatoes---old, bO-lb. sacks, unwashed.
y s. No sise 4 s s9nless Otnherwiss
Long Whites, washed. y. .. No. ]. size
2,O0-2..bi Fla.. hO-lb, sacks, washed,
R \ & H 'Soi i sise A. seOsSO' and Round
ese and ls5EsrSs 900. 2o.iI; stns..
approx. h., 3s. l.7b-2.OO: a., lbO,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-31
Finoncier Warns AirIines
On Shrinkoge Of Profits

as so per cent. Bankers. he said,
are concerned about the fact the
earnings of airlines diminish
while their traffic scars.
"Airlines are talking about a
lot of money" he said. They
are talking about a tremendous
increase in capacity-to be pro-
vided by aircraft which as yet
have not been completely proved
technologically. In fact. even
some prototypes have not yet
been built. All Of this is in the
face of steadily declining profit
margins and the imponderables
Of preparation costs and break
in expenses on new jet equip
ment."
He declared one or two major
airlines have successfully ar
ranged for much of the financing
for their initial Jet programs but
not one has managed to set up
the money backing it will need
over the next decade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-31
BUSINESS
BRIEFS

Bank Clearings in the week
ended Wednesday totaled $2l, :
l0l. $4,000 compared with $23.-
4l6.623, 900 in the preceding week
and $ls.295. $3.50. 900 in the holi-
day-short week q year ago-Dun
81 Bradstreet.
Frances RenauIt Motor Co..
hoping to capitalize on the
American demand for q second
car. expects to sell IS. 900 cars In
the United States this year.
Pierre Dreyfus. Renault presi-
dent. said his firm sold almost
1000 cars in this country in the
first four months of this year,
compared to a total 1856 sales of
1890 and 800 in 1855.
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
net income dropped 1871 per
cent in the FIRST four months OF
this year. compared with that
time last year. Income taxes
dropped to $7,005.3l7 from So
533.988 for the period. Earnings
per common share dropped to
$2.99 from $685. for the period
SyIvania Electric Products an
nounced the introduction Of q
portable television set with a
21-inch screen. The model
weighs 40 pounds and carries a
suggested list price Of $l99.95.
The Nations 1928 insured
commercial banks earned a net
profit after taxes Of almost ST.
$50, 100000 in 1856. This was
second only to the record year of
1854 when after-taxes profit
reached $l,307, 000, 900. In 1855
1t was $l.i56.000. 000.-FDIC.
U. s. Imports Of Spanish
sherry totaled l24.l88 gallons
during the first quarter of 1857.
Imports during comparable pc
RODS in the past three years
were: 1956-107.644 gallons;
1955-l03.75S gallons: 1854
89.735 gallons.
Carrier Corp. repores net in
come Of $9.l42.0OO. equal to
SSH a share. for the IL months
ended April 80. Sales in the
period totaled $2l3.ll2.000. In
the IL months ended April 80,
1856. the company had sales Of
9,8l4.000 and net income Of
$780,. 900. equal to $4.35 a
share.
Other corporate earnings for
the fiscal year ended March 81:
Todd sA,Dyd. s4.S 5Ss5 r.s lsS $40
Amer rst f fR1ss i.iObbS' osS I.ass, 5SSi
a 80 Al nn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-31
Stocks Higher;
Oils and Stee|s
Extend Gains

NEW YORK, May 81 (R.-
Oils and steels extended their
gains early this afternoon as the
stock market moved higher.
Key stocks were ahead fractions
to point or more but there was
a scattering Of small losers.
The rise was concentrated in
the industrials. Utilities were
mixed and leading rails were ir-
regularly lower.
Trading slackened a bit fol-
lowing the Memorial Day holi-
day. Many Wall streeters left
Wednesday for a four-day week.
end. The effects of the surprising
pre-holiday rally. however. were
still being felt.
Oils continued to ride ahead
on Wednesdays news Of the
higher prices for crude at Persian
Gulf ports.
Aircrafts recovered partially
after a lower opening. Motors
were narrowly mixed.
The Associated Press average
Of go stocks rose 40 cents to
$184.l0 with the industrials up
$l.20. the rails of 80 cents and
the utilities unchanged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-31
Davis, II, Quitting
Presidency of ACL

WILMINGTON. N. c., May 81
(R.-Champion Med. Davis, n.
today announced he will retire
as president of the Atlantic
Coastline Railroad after "a
years Of service with that road
and its predecessor. the Will
mington d Weldon Railroad.
Mr.. Davis announced his re-
tirement plan in q God Be With
You" message to Coastline en-
ployes on the cover Of the June
issue Of the ACL News, the c.~n-
pany's house organ. He said he
chose that medium so that fell
would be 1.-The first
to be informed"
Mr.. Davis announced he had
asked the board Of directors to
choose his successor at its next
on June 20.
Born near hickory, N. c.,
Mr.. Davis started his railroad
career as a messenger boy for
the Wilmington g. Weldon on
l. 1893. He became pres.
ident Of the successor line, ACL.
on October is. 1912.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-31
Todd Shipyords
Stock Sours

NEW YORK. May 81 R.-
Todd Shipyards stock scared
$3.50 share on the American
Stock Exchange today in the
wake Of a sharp increase in
earnings.
On an opening trade Of 300
shares the stock hit $l39.50 q
share. up $3.50 and at a new
high for the year. A later sale
of 100 shares was made at
$l37.50.
Earlier this year the stock
sold as low as STE a share.
The company reported record
breaking net income for the
fiscal year ended March 81 at
"a. 676.063. equal to $l846 a
share. This compared with
81 1874. $50. equal to $7.07 a share,
in the previous fiscal year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-31

Ynsstsh&T 90 Aio1lA lo7 lo7 4 "
YnHBtStl Or IL 4 2o1s 2eM 2eM
Houriy saIes on ths Gxehanst
/ 100 m $50 600 ~ noon $50 600
100 m 1 23o 600 2.0O m 600 600
iull Rate Of 1ivicendsGn the tcresoins
table ar, annual disbursements based on
the last quarterly OF semi. annual decla-
ration UnleAs otherwise noted special
or extra dividends are not included
. Also extra ~ extras D Annual rate
10 lgE7 plus stock dividend spsiq IeSi
year I PAYABLE IN stock during 1887
estimated cash value on ex.dividsno OF
this year an accumulatlve issue with
dividend omitted, deferred o. no sction
taken Al las; dividend meetins rDe.
clared OF paid In 1890 plnl stocB diyl.
dend Payable y stock during 1900
estimated sasn value OIL ex.diyidend or
ex. distribution date LlquiuatinR divi.
demo CID Called ~ DIVIDEND x-dis
OK distribution q ~ rishtl ~ WITH:
Next day delivery 'in nanKTupIc, or
eeeiyership or beinn reorgAnizeo unaef
the Bankruptcy Act or securities -.
sumed ~ such eompanlo1.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-31
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

3 NEW YORK. May 81 01.-Poreien
Exchange rates follow toreat Britain in
dollars. others In cents):
Canadian dollar in New York open
market Ala per cent premium or lO4. 6ss.
U. 8. cents. Oh 1882 OF . cent.
Europe: Great Britain tpoundl S21a
5L32. up 3 '32 Of . cent; Great Britain
30 day futures ..7s 1889. up 1892 81
q cent: Great Britain 90 day futures
.2.7S 1889. up $3.50 Of q cent; Great
Britain 30 day futures 2.7S 5/32 up
up .OOh Of q cent; France (francl .2SAs
OF cent. unchanged; Germany lwestern)
treutsche mark 2aS0. unchanged: Hol-
land tguilderl 2613, UNCHANGED; Italy
,lira) 1915 Of . cent, UNCHANGED; Por-
tugal (escudol $50; unchanged: Sweden
tkronal 1894. unchanged: Switzerland
uranc) uree) 23.34, UNCHANGED: Den
mark kronel 1880, UNCHANGED
Latin America: Argentina free 2.59.
unehanged; Brazil ureey lag, un-
changed Mexico Sol. UNCHANGED: Ven-
ezuela tbolivarl 5000. UNCHANGED.
Far East: Hons Kong dollar 1890.
UNCHANGED.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-31
BY VERN HAUGLAND
Press Aviation Reporter

ST. LOUIS. May 81 OPT.
Carl Wedel. vice president of the
First National City Bank Of New
York. flashed kind Of financial
''fasten seat belts" sign on the
airlines last, night.
He said the financial world
has misgivings about their plans
to spend 81 billion on new jet
age equipment in the next 10
years.
Mr.. Wedel's bank has made
large loans to both domestic and
foreign airlines. He spoke to the
annual convention of the Avia-
ton Writers Association and
many in his audience interpreted
his remarks as a sharp warning
to airlines. aircraft manufac-
tuuers and the Government.
Mr.. Wedel said there is q
threat that mounting expenses
may outstrip revenues and air.
line profits may shrink as much
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-31
BALTIMORE
MARKETS
!ouotatiOns supplled by ne ynitsd

states Department Of Agriculturel
BALTIMORE. May n M.--cattle 500;
. loads slauGhter steers. : loads bulls.
around II loads stock cattle and ap-
proximately zoo cows. much broader
than normal trading following the holi-
day Thursday, sales all classes slaughter
cattle cattle about IN line with wednesdays s: y,
unloaded, indications most Of these In
tended for Mondays trade. several cars
stock cattle reported enrouts for
choice g50-i $40 ID. SLAUGHTER steers
900 ID. weishts including q prime end,
few head good and choice heifers 1900
2 30. utilitp and commercial cows
1h.bO-17.OO. tanners and cutters 1900
1900. but. some shelly Gamers down to
1000 or below, no bulls sold In early
Calves rs: run late In arriving and
not enough sold to establish q trading
basis; odd head utility to low good
sheen none; quotations nOminaily
tiour--Reeeipts. Loo i0O-pound
Wheat-Reeeipts. aao.bi7 bushels;
shipments, To-. Sch bushels; stocks, g..
pOI ,..3b bushels. No. = red winter gar
licky, spot domestic. 2.OB.
corn--Receipts, l5.5i7 bushels ship-
ments, 5000 bushels; stocks, 2,pb0.60f
Receipts, none; shipments.
none stock sG1,4fs bushels .s,.w.,,
Rye--Reeeipts, none; shipments. none.
stocks. 33b. go bushels.
Soybeans--Receipts. 900 bushels;
shipments. none; stocks 2iO,330 bushels.
Millfeed-Receipts, none.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-31
NEW YORK PRODUCE
NEW YORK M.v an lp-1TIeD.1

NEW YORK. May 81 O9-CUsDAD.-
wholesale egg prices were weak TO-DAY
Receipts q days.. 1900.
wholesale selling prices based on
exenange ana other volume sales.l
New York spot quotatIons follow. in.
eludes Midwestern; mixed colors, extra
$500 lhsl, 2gh-31; extras large (46-1s
losJ. 2S-29h; extras medium 25a.26;
standards large % y EST; checks 1925,
whites, extras t4S-50 ibsl. 2eh-3l; ex-
medium 25ts-26. Browns, extra t1e-SO
lbs). 31h-32l4.
Includes nearby: whites. top quality
1880 lbs). 81 y 80 y mediums, 2sIz-
~ smalls. 2l-22. Browns, TOP quality
smalls 21-23.
Butter steady. Receipts e days),
$4,000 Prices Unclaimed
Cheese steady. Receipts e daysl,
100000. Prices UNCHANGED.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-31
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO. May 81 B.-Buyine IN
tereet was lacking on the Board OF
Trade today and prices dipped some
The downturn came despite more
neavy and unwanted rains In the
GO. crop report which was considered
soybeans showed some independent
strength on buying BY local traders.
cash and commission houses
Near the end OF the first hour cid
style wheat was y to "a lower. July
S2.O3hS. new style wheat was V to a.
lower, July S2.O4. corn was y TO y
lower, July 65as. rye vas ~ higher to y
lower, July Sl.13. soybeans were u
to - higher. July SO 35h. and lard was
UNCHANGED to 8 cents . hundred pounds
higher. July Sl2.S5.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-31
NEW YORK. COTTON

NEW YORK. May 81 M9.-cotton
futures improved slightly from earlier
mand during the forenoon today. Most
traders were on the sidelines. awaiting
further Washington cotton developments.
Noon prices were 90 cents bale lower
close. July. 1924; October, 34.33. and
December. 34.3i.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-31
METALQUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, May III @.-spot metal
pound, Connecticut Valley. Lead, rs
cents pound. New York. Zinc. ia
cent? a pound. New York. Foreign silver.
n0Ta cents per troy ounce, New York.
At Pittsburgh. scrap steel No. 1 heavy.
was quoted 1t AZ .O0-4B. 90.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-31
DIVIDENDS

NEW YORK. May 81 H1.-Dividends
announced.
Pc Stk. Of Pay
Rate. riod. record. able.
Increased
Grand a Troy Lid -36c - ola o.2s
Loblaw Inc soc SO 81
Russell. p c-No action.
Grand A Troy Ltd Toe 6.IA 6.2s
Taylor Instru Cos zoe - 6-l4 I'll
berynium Corp lhT 6-b 0-22
Berylltum Corp 3Ss 1872 1915
Brown Forman Dist 3se 6.i2 TO
Taylor Instru Cos SCI $50 Ills
std Prt a. IS p Of Acc o.l4 ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-31
DEALINGS

NEW YORK, May 81 @.--The New
thcs, odd.ios trsnsactions by principal
dealers on the exchange for May 20;
2o3 .aa0 shares, including 1853 shares
sold short.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-31
MUTUAL FUNDS

NEW YORK. May 81 P1.-National
Association Securities Dealers, Inc.
Moon 0nalali
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-31

II dividend Books closed. tPius
extra Or extras = Declared or paid 90
isr this year. . Paid last wear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-09
After A Visit To The
Flight Deck, Mac
Spotted The MICS

deal like cheating, but in reverse.
And yet 80.
He refused again to acknowledge the
true answer. Tails ''offer" had been spir-
tied and generous and sensible. Yet he
had not accepted solely for her logical rea-
sons. He'd wanted to spend little more
time beside the. only woman he'd ever
desired = and he knew this was beyond
all logic.
Might as well eat, he thought. and as he
went into the bar-restaurant he saw them:
A woman, radiantly lovely in the Amer
lean way, yet so exotic that Hindus and
MoslemS, SiameSe and Chinese often
looked twice to make sure she was not
Eurasian. The beautiful woman was being
shown a Thai table game that involved
bamboo counters and colored sticks; the
demonStrator was man inches over six
feet, gray-templed, movie-actor hand
some. A younger-Anthony-Eden sort Of
man, but with American ease and infor-
mality.
My wife, Mac thought, and her first
beau.
The waiter, and half-a-dozen Thai
diners, watched the pair with that small
smile the whole world accords lovers. Hart
was talking about the game: Its some
thing like the kite-fiehts, Tai. The male
counters and male sticks attack the fe-
males" His eyes flashed. Hers answered
: dark, luminous, beguiled. Il learned to
play it when holed up with Thai village
family. The laps were thick as the cobraS
in that area! Had to shoot my way out,
finally. Killed three Of the little Nippos
and ran for it," His tone fiattened: "Oh!
Hi, Mac. I'm teaching your wife local
game"
Mac thought Of answering, The game
you're trying to teach her is hardly local"
II was the SORT Of wisecrack Talisman's
brittle friends made. But after all, the
wisecrack wouldn't fit, exactly. His wife
was not his wife. precisely. He said only.
Hello, pals"
I'VE were waiting for you. I'm starv-
ing" Tai added, Everything 60 all
right?" Mac merely nodded as he sat.
Hart beckoned for a waiter TO bring
menus before Mac thought Of doing so. II
was invariably like that; and Tai always
noticed. Hart ordered drink for Mac
and began to explain Siamese foods in
knowing, private fashion - to Talisman.
Actually, Mac thought, the guys rude
even when he's most polite. And there
was something else about him: something
wooden in his face = something tricky, or
unreal, or insecure that often made him
stiff-faced when he had no need to be. And
he talks too much about his feats Of
derring-do, Mac reflected. Why 60 into
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-09

calling the night we arrived. And after
that -" she bit her lip. $50, all righf. !
did do too much shopping and motoring
with Hart. But can't they see us Off
today? Early tea at the airpor?" Thus
the brakes were modified - for almost
anybody could be appeased by Tai, if she
put her mind TO it. Mac sighed, shook his
head. The plane hoisted into thick clouds
and the seat-belt sign went out.
He spent some time on the fight deck,
talking shop with the captain, Dave
Porter. They had met at a company BAN
quot in New York. The co-pilot, Jim
Strong, was new to Mac. Both good men,
though; Dave had been Flying Tiger
when it meant war, not commerce. And
a BIO pilot, after that.
When Mac returned to the cabin, Tai
was not in her seat. Down in the lounge
with - he glanced diagonally across the
aisle and confirmed it - Hart. He de-
cided to join them.
Tai and Han were playing gin rummy.
They didn't welcome him. But he ordered
a highball from the japanese stewardess.
The other, a blonde, came from Milwau-
kee, Dave had said. Mac then stretched
on the banquette as if there were nothing
more pleasing to him than to sit looking
at clouds through portfolios, while his wife
practically held hands. and sometimes
actually touched heads, with his rival.
Rival? The man who had finally won.
AS always, on planes, he subcon-
sciously noticed details Of the flight. The
ship had leveled at about ten thousand
feet. Thick overcast below; below that, the
South China Sea. Above them, another
overcast, gauzy and high: weather front
moving in. At their level, the air was
smooth. Il was almost twilight. Too bad
there wouldn't be a sunset. Mac Teveled
in sunsets seen from their gaudy midst -
even above Korea when he had hunted,
and been hunted, by MICS.
He reflected, much later, how strange
ii was he happened just then to remember
MICS.
For he saw one.
Old habits ordered action. He almost
intoned, mig at three O'Clock! Collision
course! This is Baker Noble five -
But in the next split second, he realized
he was flying in a whale-shaped passen-
ger plane carrying tourists and Oriental
businessmen. Yet - why was Russian
built military plane apparently about to
intercept noncombatant American air
craft? He heard Hart mutter - then saw
Hart leap to port across the lounge.
The MIG bored in, and lifted slightly.
Its machine guns started blazing. Tiny
fireballs drew straight lines toward the
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