Goodyear Retiring Columbia Blimp After 6 Years
The Goodyear airship Columbia ends six years of service after 300000 miles and about 50000 passengers. It was once hailed after a hijack attempt thwarted by a man named Firestone. First flight in 1963 to Washington with aerials over the White House and Capitol.
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Akron, Ohio
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Columbia
Firestone
Los Angeles
Washington, D. C
White House
Capitol
Chauncey Meeting Schedule Changes and Blimp Updates
Chauncey groups shift Thursday meetings to due to Fourth of July holiday with Chauncey Junior Fellowship at 6 30 p m and Chauncey Chi Rho at 6 30 p m Next Chauncey Friday Mass canceled at St Jude Church No service Goodyear will keep Columbia remains for spare parts for the Mayflower in Miami The Mayflower to be the sole Western Hemisphere blimp this month Goodyear has built 299 airships since 1917 Wingfoot Lake near Akron hosts its blimp base Buddy Ebsen named to LA mayor Yorty narcotics committee.
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Chuncey
Friendly Circle Club
Chauncey
St. Jude Catholic Church
Goodyear
Coumbia
Hemisphere
America
Columbia
Wingfoot Lake
Akron
Agnew Attacks Critics On Vietnam Policy At Midwest Meeting
Vice President Spiro Agnew assailed Nixon critics including former Johnson officials and Democratic senators as undermining peace talks. He cited W. Averell Harriman and Cyrus Vance and warned against easy unilateral solutions, urging continued pressure in Vietnam.
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Spiro T. Agnew
Vietnam
Nixon
Wichita
Kan
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W. Averell Harriman
Cyrus W. Vance
Johnson
Paris
U.S
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Jerry Ziegler
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Wieners
Colby Longhorn Giese
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Lean Shank
Cer
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