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Show Englishman Walks Across the River Thames in 17 Minutes LONDON. Joe Simms walked across the River Thames in the water. That is, he walked in the water, not on it. Simms, a 51-year-old railway checker at Southampton docks, was demonstrating what he claims to be a new method of progressing through water developed after 18 years of research. Simms entered the river wealing weal-ing a pair of bathing trunks and an old tweed cap. With his arms folded and his hands on his shoulders shoul-ders he took 17 minutes to cross the river using "slow cycle action." Two or three times he waved to crowds on a bridge and once took off his cap. Newspapermen who followed him in a boat said he seemed to be erect the whole time. Arriving on the other side he said, "That is something the Yanks can't do." I |