Helicopter Plan To Ferry Tourists Into Grand Canyon
Fred H. Bowen of Burbank plans a helicopter ferry service into Grand Canyon village to carry one passenger and light freight per flight. He has flown to the canyon bottom and back 44 times with 6000 pounds ferried for a steel project, aiming for 10 daily trips at about 15 dollars each way. This could replace traditional mule trains long used to shuttle visitors into the gorge.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz
NEA
Fred H. Bowen
Burbank
Calif
Bowen
Grand Canyon Village
Canyon
Camels Arrive at French Farm in Comic Tale of Heirship
Joseph Santamaria sends two 15 year old dromedaries to Henri Davezac in Casablanca style mischief. The camels disrupt the barnyard feeding setup, injure stock, and force Davezac to adapt, while the neighbors relish the spectacle. Santamaria teases a giraffe for next year.
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Aurade
France
Nea
Joseph Santamaria
Pomnce
Casablanca
Henri Davezac
Ely
Joseph
Davezac
Santamaria
Paris
Adonis Myth Explains Winter Plant Death and Spring Revival
In Greek myth Adonis, a beautiful youth beloved by Venus, dies and is transformed by Venus into a flower. The tale links his death to vegetation with winter decline and spring renewal.
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Adonis
Venus
Hoover's Son Becomes Undersecretary of State
Herbert Hoover Jr., aged 51, named Undersecretary of State, chief deputy to Secretary John Foster Dulles. He will take over Oct. 1 from Walter Bedell Smith, after earning praise for resolving Iran's oil dispute and serving as a trusted adviser during extensive travel between Washington London and Teheran.
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Washington
Nea
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Olay
Hoover
John Foster Dulles
Walter Bedell Smith
Smith
Atlantic
Teheran
Hoovers
Herbert, Jr
State Department
London
England
Stanford University
Margaret Watson
Margaret
Joan
Herbert III
Harvard Business School
Eastern Air Express
Trans World Airlines
Tho Tae
Himsel
Chicagoan's System Prompts Child Musicians to Serenade
Seven year old Michelle Albanese of St Benedicts School in Chicago uses a simple classroom method to learn violin. A Chicago music teacher George Rushford promotes a system where children read notes on a chart and pluck strings in unison. The approach, praised by the American Music Conference, has spurred a nationwide string instrument boom with children performing in public spaces.
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Michelle Albanese
St. Benedict’s School
Chicago
Michelle
Eddie
American Music Conference
U.S
George Rushford
U S Team Sets Course for Ninth UN General Assembly
A five man U S delegation, nominated by President Eisenhower, will represent the United States at the ninth session of the UN General Assembly. The team brings strong government and foreign policy experience and faces a likely push to admit China as a UN member.
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U.S
UN General Assembly
Eisenhower
Prolific Buckeye Inventors Win New Patents
Ohio inventors receive multiple U S patents from the Patent Office including a grease guard by Murray Rock of Dayton, a collapsible dog house by Robert K South and Orren J South of Cincinnati, and items such as a doughnut cookie mold and a linoleum rug with shuffleboard markings by other Ohioans like Raymond J. Babbitt, Alma R. Baade, and John R. Quigley.
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Washington
Ohio
Murray Rock
Dayton
Robert K
Orren J
Cincinnati
Bruno
Gerald John Rotterdam
Toledo
Max B. Katz
University Heights
Cleveland
Alma R. Baade
John R. Quigley
Youngstown
Rail era figures linked to 19th century railroads
The notes connect James Buchanan as a Pennsylvania railroad president in the 1880s, Abraham Lincoln as an Illinois railroad attorney in the 1850s, and Harry S. Truman as a Santa Fe construction timekeeper around 1901, outlining varied roles in early U.S. rail history.
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James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Harry S. Truman
Formosa Target of New Red Fleet?
A Hong Kong based observer claims Red China is preparing an amphibious assault on Formosa aided by Soviet trained forces and MIG air cover. The report warns U S forces may be slow to respond and cites a buildup along the Whangpoo corridor with ships, gun boats, and landing craft ready for sea drills.
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Formosa
Red Mainland
Shanghai
John Smuth
Hong Kong
NEA
Asia
Korea
Indo-China
U. S
Chiang
China
Woosung
Whangpoo River
Okinawa
U.S
Pacific
China Sea
U. S. Navy
Air Force
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Princeton
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Time Magazine
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Massachusetts
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Herbert Hoover
Far East Authority
Charlies H. Mahoney
Detroit
Insurance Company
J. William Fulbright Democrat
Arkansas
Rhodes
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