Smoke Hood Aims to Save Planes Passengers
FAA proposes a polyimide hood worn by passengers to shelter from smoke and heat after a crash. Developed by E B McFadden in Oklahoma City, the device folds and stores on seat backs. Shown to industry leaders, no deployment date announced.
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Rookie Robbers Visit FBI Office in Cleveland Mystery
In Cleveland an eighth floor law office held two robbers who fled empty handed after one drew a gun. Jane Howley a legal secretary noted the ninth floor FBI headquarters is just above, suggesting the criminals were inexperienced. Her quip: law offices rarely hold cash. The scene unfolded Monday with no injuries reported.
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Five Kids From Far Away Form A Family United Nations
A Texas-based airman and his wife have adopted seven children from Korean Turkish American Indian Mexican and French backgrounds. The Smiths, stationed at Perrin Field, began adoptions in 1957 while in Turkey and California and Nevada. The family, totaling seven children ages 1 to 9, travels by VW bus and car, with the mother managing daily life and meals amid a busy household.
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Not A Giveaway: Yarborough Defends GI Bill
Senator Ralph Yarborough of Texas called the federal program to send war veterans back to school an investment not a giveaway. Speaking at the 46th District Veterans of Foreign Wars convention, he urged amendments to boost education benefits for veterans since the Korean War.
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Dallas Museum Receives Greek Sculpture Gift
A 4th century B C Greek marble statue, a life-size figure of two youths likely gods or heroes, with missing head and limbs, is now donated to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts by Mr and Mrs Cecil H Green of Dallas. The piece is hailed as one of the greatest examples of original Greek art in the western hemisphere.
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Hannibal Search Halted By Parents
In Hannibal Missouri the search for three missing youths ended after the parents declared the boys were not in Murphy's Cave. Rescue crews had been digging a newly found second level in the cave over the weekend but found no signs of Billy Hoag aged 11 Joel Hoag aged 13 and Edwin Dowell aged 14 who were last seen near the cave on May 10.
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University Park Cop Gets Humanity Award
Washington AP reports Army Cpl. Erasmo C. Castillo husband of Carmen Castillo of 1123 West Gerald Ave San Antonio Texas was killed in action in Vietnam per Pentagon release.
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Snakehandler Bitten At Fort Worth Bar
A 26 year old California snakehandler was bitten by his rattlesnake after showing the pet in a parking lot near a Fort Worth bar. He was treated for the snakebite at Northwest Hospital and declined to give his name.
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Lex
California
Northwest Hospital
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