Oriental Girls
Have an Advantage
On Airliners
LONDON (iP — British airline
stewardesses complained that
Oriental girL with eye-catching
slit skirts have an unfair advan
tage over their Western sisters
on the airways.
“We feel we’re being left out in
the cold,” said a spokesman for
the Western girls. “We have to
wear colorless nail varnish and
regular uniform skirts, while the
Oriental girls can wear split
skirts, colored nails, earrings and
even stilletto heels.”
All the girls work for the Brit
ish Overseas Airways Corp., ;
<BOAC>. The spokesman for the
Western girls said they are afraid |
that — because of the popularity I
of the Oriental stewardesses —!
BOAC may try to hire more Ori
ental girls at the expense of oc
cidental stewardesses.
In a formal protest to BOAC,
the Western stewardesses said the
girls with the cheongsams —
Chinese sheath-like slit skirt
dresses — are being introduced
on the Pacific routes to the West
Coast of the United States and
flights between India and the Far
East.
The stewardesses are also afraid
that BOAC may use Eastern girls
on flights between the American
West and East Coasts.
Capt. Frank Wilson, chairman
of a Stewards and Stewardesses
Panel, told newsmen a decision
is possible by BOAC on the com
plaint this week.
A spokesman for BOAC said
the Oriental girls can wear slit
skirts, earrings and painted nails
if these are a part of their na
tive dress.
As for spike heels, the airlines
man explained:
“These are out. No stewardesses
of any kind can wear them cm
duty in airliners.”
BOAC said Oriental girls were
trained in London and began
working on its planes about three
years ago.
Church of Scotland Inherits
Half a Million Pounds
GREENOCK, Scotland (tfL-The
Church of Scotland inherited half
a million pounds ($1.4 million)
Saturday provided it stays Pro
testant. The proviso was in the
will of Marion Carmichael, a
rich spinster who died in April
at the age of 80. Her fortune came
from shipping interests.
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two-way radio communication.
He was in a smiling, happy-go
lucky mood throughout the trip,
once wisecracking in a message
to Muscovites: “I wish you had
it so good.”
Titov blasted off from an un
designated launching site at 9
a. m. Sund y. His craft weighed
10,407 pounds, only 13 pounds
more than Gagarin’s Vostok I.
During much of the flight, the
Soviet news agency Tass and Mos
cow radio gave almost play-by
play reports on the trip and an
nounced ahead of time cities over
which it would pass. The space
ship was seen by many as a bright
star traveling rapidly across the
sky.
Giving his radio wave-lengths,
the Soviets invited the people of
the world to listen in to the astro
naut’s broadcasts. He was heard
—and recorded—by many listen
ers.
On the streets of Moscow huge
crowds gathered around loud
speakers at noon to hear the last
announcement on the flight.
An Invasion of England
. . . This Time by Whales
GIIjLAN COVE, England OP —
An invasion of England — this
time by whales — has been re
pulsed.
Holiday makers joined villagers
in a day-long battle against 50
whales Friday on the beaches
around this tiny Cornish cove.
Armed with oars and paddles,
they drove off the mammals,
some measuring up to 30 feet.
The whales were believed to
have sought refuge from marau
ding killer sharks.
Villagers, fearing the beach
would be littered with malodor
ous carcasses, put out in small
boats to drive off the invaders.
Time and again the whales
were repulsed but came back for
more.
Mrs. Arthur White, a fisher
man’s wife, commented: “It was
a tragic sight, as if the whales
were trying to commit suicide. I
felt almost sorry for them. But
we couldn’t let them land. They’d
have spoiled a lot of people’s
holidays.”
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Grizzly Bear Attack
Bv Climbing Free
FAIRBANKS UPl — A Duke
University student from Washing
ton, D. C., is in the Fairbanks
hospital after having a narrow
escape with a grizzly bear at Mt.
McKinley National Park Friday.
Napier Shelton was taking in
crement borings of a spruce tree
on Igloo Mountain when he heard
a growl of a bear.
Shelton couldn’t see the bear,
but discretion got the better part
of valor and he started up the
tree he was working on, but he
wasn’t fast enough.
“He came right on up after
me,” Shelton said.
“He got hold of my left boot
and started to pull me down the
tree. He pulled me down about
five feet and then lost his grip
and he fell down out of the tree,”
Shelton said.
Shelton added, “he still wasn't
satisfied as he came right back
up again. I scrambled on up fur
ther but he caught me and took
a bite of my right thigh before
he lost his grip and fell out of
the tree again. After that, he just
circled the tree four or five times
and finally left.”
Shelton said he stayed in the
tree for about a half hour and by
that time he was bleeding sb bad
he climbed out of the tree and
made a break for his car and a
can of rocks he used to scare
bears off, as firearms are not al
lowed in the park.
On reaching his car he drove
to the camp of Adolph Murie, park
biologist who gave him first aid.
He was later flown to Fairbanks
where he was treated for his
wounds.
The injured man said that he
still has a lot of work to do and
has no inhibitions about continu
ing his study in the park.
He said, “I’ll just take my can
of rocks and when I think a griz
zly is around I’ll really shake
it this time.”
THEY COME AND GO . . .
PRETORIA (JP> — The Republic
of South Africa’s drive to lure
white immigrants is picking up
—but so is the flow of whites
leaving. The Immigration Depart
ment says 8,311 persons arrived
during the first six months of
1901 and 7,598 left.
Women have more ailments re
quiring bed rest than man do—
but they live more than six years
longer.
Century 21 — A Preview
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There'll be no such thing as rained
out performances of outdoor sports
or theatre events in the 21st century.
Stadiums and open-air theatres will
have mobile roofs to protect spec
tators when weather is inclement.
(Life-size TV screens—wall
installed or portable—will
be as common as the tele
phone one hundred years
from now. Live perform
£ ances will reach viewers
regularly from all parts of
the world. ^ _
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At the Century 21 Exposition, opening in Seattle, Washington, 1962,
visitors will get a look at entertainment of the future. New techniques
in motion picture filming, a sampling of the world's young artists,
a variety of international shows will be shown in the exposition's
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JFK Sends High Praise to
Coast Guard on 171st Anniversary
HYANNIS PORT, Mass. UPl —
The U. S. Coast Guard has served
the nation in peace and war with
valor and distinction, President
Kennedy said F'riday in a tele
gram to the Commandant of its
171st anniversary.
The President said in his mes
sage to Adm. Alfred A. Rich
mond that “as one who is per
sonally familier with the work
of your fine service, I should like
to express my admiration for an
outstanding record of performance
that has not been surpassed in
the annals of our country.”
The English long jeered at the
U.S. passion for modern plumb
ing. But a recent survey showed |
the average British executive now
takes a bath every day, and two |
if he is going out for the evening.
NIKITA TO VISIT TUNISIA
MOSCOW UPi—Premier Khrush
j chev has accepted a personal in
vitation from President Habib
Bourguiba to visit Tunisia, Tass
said Saturday.
The invitation was handed to
Khrushchev by Tunisian Foreign
Minister Sadok Mokkadem, who
flew to Moscow last week to seek
I Soviet support in Tunisia’s bit
; ter dispute with France over the
Bizerte base.
No date was set for Khrush
chev’s visit to the North African
nation.
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