"London Bridge is going up," sang the 58-voice elementary school chorus. It was indeed, but more for the purpose of attracting tourists than accommodating traffic. The city of London had sold its slowly sinking span for stone-by-stone reconstruction in Lake Havasu City, Ariz., a new town of 3,000 on the Colorado River, and Sir Gilbert Inglefield, Lord Mayor of London, was there for the cornerstone laying. Resplendent in black velvet and heavy gold braid and accompanied by his official sword-bearer and macebearer, he was honored by Governor Jack Williams at a dinner for...
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