(This article originally appeared on page 6 of the June 11, 1957 publication of the Los Angeles Times and is reprinted word-for-word below.)
BRAWLEY, Calif. (UP)—Farmer W. I. Fifield said he didn’t mind a helicopter landing in his watermelon patch Saturday. He thought it was too much, though, when the pilot hopped out, grabbed three melons, jumped back in the ’copter and took off.
