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Caption: Chicago, Aug. 10 - Odom Smiles Greeting to Chicagoans - Bill Odom, who today set a new round-the-world solo flight record, smiles happily and waves at Chicago throngs who greeted him at municipal airport, where he set down his plane, the Reynolds Bombshell. Odom is shown on the nose of the plane, just after he landed.