Braniff marks 35 years since its first Oklahoma flight
Braniff International Airways began with a small single engine plane 116 miles from Tulsa to Oklahoma City. By 1963 it operated over 50 aircraft serving 50 cities in the Americas and posted profits in most years. founder Thomas E Braniff joked about borrowing money to buy planes.
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Baboon Sparks Rooftop Chase In Chicago
A 20 pound baboon roamed Chicago's northwest side roofs tonight prompting a two hour capture by two policemen two anti cruelty workers and a toy collie dog. The creature moved from a fire escape to the rooftops entering an apartment before being subdued in a rear porch after a window was broken.
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Anti-Cruelty Society
Burton Says He Was Only Joking About Marriage
Actor Richard Burton claimed he joked about marrying Elizabeth Taylor. Taylor remained silent as they were interviewed separately on the set of a new film. Burton explained he had said yes to marriage but not to Taylor, and noted jokes on the subject are risky.
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UPID
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Elizabeth
Richard
Italy
Railroads Squabble Over Flour Shipment Rates
Complex rate dispute pits western roads including Santa Fe and Rock Island against Chicago and North Western Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Pacific Green Bay and Soo Line over proposed 10 cent cut in flour rates from Kansas City and Omaha to Gulf Coast ports. Lake ports argue loss of traffic harms Great Lakes export capacity with hearings resuming in Chicago next week.
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Russian cosmonauts Bykovsky and Tereshkova reunite in Moscow
Valery Bykovsky whisked Valentina Tereshkova off her feet and kissed her on the lips as they met in Moscow after separate returns from Kazakhstan spaceflights. The pair, greeted by scientists and officials, had flown in from different touchdown points and were later shown in film footage. Tereshkova spent nearly three days in space while Bykovsky orbited almost five days.
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