Fan Yuan-yen and his MIG-19 fighter took off from Tsinkiang, Fukien, and arrived at Tainan Airport on July 7, 1977, Fortieth anniversary of China's War of Resistance against Japan.

Up on the housetop, reindeer pause. / Out jumps good old Santa Claus.

“So what's new in the whiskey business?” one of the fat men finally says by way of welcome, and the blonde stands up, arches one foot and dips it into the pool, looking all the while at the cabana where Baby Pignatari is talking on the telephone.

Coast Guard crews are also bringing supplies to the island of Tinian, which took a direct hit from the typhoon that was packing 180 mph (290 kph) winds when it struck Thursday morning.