Charles Alexander from Manchester, Connecticut: “I made a
parachute jump…I was picked up in mid-air by another airplane”
Alexander is
involved in parachute research and testing, but the test here was of the rescue
abilities of the second plane. That
plane was equipped with hooks and reels designed to snag a parachutist in
descent. The goal is to save pilots of
disabled warplanes from enemy capture.
Alexander has made more than 850 parachute jumps.
Bert Rechichar from Monessen,
Pennsylvania: "I kicked the longest field goal in pro football history (56
yards)" and Bill Shear from Appalachin, New York: "I just kicked one
5 yards longer"
Rechichar
played for most of the 1950s, primarily for the Baltimore Colts, and his
56-yard kick in 1953 would stand as the NFL record for 17 years, until Tom
Dempsey’s 63-yarder in 1970. Shear plays
for Cortland State University in New York and kicked his 61-yard field goal on
October 15. In 1967 Shear would be
drafted by the Green Bay Packers, but he never played in the NFL. He would play in a couple of East Coast
semipro leagues. The current NFL record
of 66 yards was set by Justin Tucker in 2021.
Special guest Arlene Dahl: “The dress
I’m wearing is made of paper…The dress is valued at $1,000”
Dahl’s
dress is designed by Tzaims Luksus. We
are treated to a fashion show of other dress designs made of paper. Dahl has
written a book on beauty and femininity called Always Ask a Man (Prentice-Hall 1965).
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