Paris Single: Light plane crash claims two
Experienced pilot, novice go down near Warrensburg
WARRENSBURG - Two prominent members of the Macon County community were killed in an airplane crash Friday afternoon. Longtime aviator Harry S. Myslicki, 84, of Decatur and building contractor Gerald B. Childs, 61, of Mount Zion were killed when their single-engine Piper Tomahawk crashed just before 1 p.m. in a cornfield northwest of Warrensburg, about 16 miles from the Decatur Airport.An official with the National Transportation Safety Board arrived at the scene of the crash early Friday...
Paris Single: Browns may begin camp next week minus picks
Rookie signings are at such a slow pace in the NFL that the Browns are resigned to holding three days of training camp practices next week without their seven draft choices on hand. "If we don't have enough guys to practice, maybe we'll just hit 9-irons at the other end of the field," Butch Davis joked yesterday.Davis will hold three days of practices for rookies only beginning Tuesday. The full team practices for the first time next...
Paris Single: 30s-something entrepreneur builds flight firm from ground up
Marie Miller will tell you straight out: "(Marie Maas) was born ambitious."Then she'll prove it to you with a verbal resume that saw her aviation career take off with Charles Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic and soar - though on the ground - on the wings of a company that she incorporated 60 years ago this year. The company is Serv-Air Inc., a world-class technical services firm that began in Raleigh, N.C., and is now a division of...
Paris Single: PENNY-WISE TRAVELER TRACKING ROMANCE ON THE RAILS
From the train window, the man and woman watch as the last shards of pink twilight dissolve. The blue-black night light turns the glass into a mirror and they see the bar steward pour champagne for a couple in evening dress. The steward seems anxious, falters a moment and... And? And this is supposed to be YOUR fantasy, so you get to shade color and develop it. Suddenly, though (or so it seems), there are at least three prestigious travel companies subtly feeding the imagination of...
Paris Single: MOVIE REVIEW
'And the Very Big Fish' Aims for Religious Satire
Religious satire in movies is still a tricky business, even if some of the greatest film artists--Bunuel and Fellini--have specialized in it. Two things help: either a truly earthy sense of life and humor or a half-giddy grasp of the divine. "The Favor, the Watch, and the Very Big Fish" (selected theaters) has neither.What it does have is actors: a powerhouse lineup headed by Bob Hoskins, Jeff Goldblum, Natasha Richardson, Michel Blanc and Jean-Pierre Cassell. But...