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British Sailors Question One Dollar A Day
In Norfolk, about 2,000 sailors on Ark Royal and two destroyers wonder how far a dollar a day will stretch. The British treasury fixes the daily allowance amid currency shortages, and crews joke about being “just another bunch of poor Limeys.” An admiralty spokesman says living aboard covers essentials but concedes crew may crave more than shipboard needs.
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