Baytown Men Build and Fly Their Own Planes
Baytown men led by Bill Cox form an Experimental Aircraft Association chapter in 1969. The group of 20 members and wives designs and builds aircraft at home to save costs, aiming for amateur-built craft with FAA inspections during construction.
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Baytown
Bill Cox
Willow Lane
Experimental Aircraft Association
Wright Brothers
Cox
National
Gene Whitt
Whitt
U.K
Federal Aviation Administration
January 30 Today In History Highlights
Today marks notable historical events across centuries including Hitler becoming Chancellor in 1933 and Charles I’s beheading in 1649. Other items mention Jackson’s near assassination in 1835 and Yerba Buena becoming San Francisco in 1847.
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Adolf Hitler
Germany
Charles I
England
Andrew Jackson
Capitol Building
Washington
New Zealand
British Empire
California
Yerba Buena
San Francisco
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
New York
Mohandas Gandhi
New Delhi
United States
Kashmir
India
Pakistan
U.S
Saigon
Northern Ireland
Londonderry
Vanessa Redgrave
John Ireland
Ralph Waldo Emerson
TVN plans U.S. hourly news service with no anchorman
TVN Inc an independent agency plans a daily hour of filmed news and sports without commercials starting April in the United States. It will operate as a supplement to local broadcasts with bureaus in New York Washington Chicago and Los Angeles and will distribute via leased lines. Visnews holds a stake and Wisnews supplies overseas footage. Startup cost is about 4 million with about 60 U.S. crew.
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New York
U.S
TVN, Inc
Washington
D.C
Chicago
Los Angeles
TVN
Wisnews, Inc
Visnews
British Broadcasting Corp
Reuters
Australian Broadcasting Corp
New Zealand Broadcasting Corp
John O. Gilbert
ABC
NBC
CBS
Gilbert
Giants to Return to Tornado Alley Says Expert
Allen Pearson of the National Severe Storms Forecast Center warns tornado giants may return after 1972 saw 741 twisters in 30 states and Puerto Rico with 27 fatalities. He notes the pattern links to West Coast disturbances and predicts a rough spring ahead. The 1972 year featured a Vancouver Washington killer tornado and few large outbreaks in big towns.
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Kansas City
Allen Pearson
Weather Service
Pearson
National
Puerto Rico
Louisiana
Caster
Iowa
Wisconsin
Vancouver
Wash
Columbia River
Portland
Ore
Washington
Ted Lindsay called toughest after penalties report
Ted Lindsay, former Detroit Red Wing star, admits he was a born loser regarding penalties as he nears the NHL All Star game in New York. Bill Chadwick lauds him as the toughest guy who ever played, noting Lindsay’s many fights and straight penalties. Lindsay formed the production line with Sid Abel and Gordie Howe, totaling 458 goals in six seasons. The piece also notes the first hydrofoil boat was built over 60 years ago.
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New York
Detroit Red Wing
Ted Lindsay
Bill Chadwick
Lindsay
Chadwick
Sid Abel
Gordie Howe
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