Twitter-Whine Linked to 1960 Electra Crash
A two year FAA study links a high pitched twitter from Lockheed Electra engines to starling congestion in engine intakes. The Boston crash on Oct 4, 1960 killed 62, with birds found in turbines. Investigators compared cricket sounds to engine noise.
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Federal Aviation Agency
Civil Aeromedical Research Institute
Lockheed Electra
Electra
Boston
Institute
Stanley Mohler
John Swearingen
Union Hopes Rise as Ben Mont Plans Vote on Revised Contract
Ben-Mont management announces 74 salaried layoffs effective immediately amid a weeklong strike by Local 534. A special union meeting at Eagles Hall aims to decide secretly on the company’s revised contract terms as talks continue between H. J. Wallace and Peter Tufo with no recall dates for laid-off staff.
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Ben-Mont Management Today
Frank A. Howlett Jr
Giftwrap Producing
Ben-Mont
Printing Specialties and Paper Products Union
Lloyd Fleming
Eagles Hall
Peter Tufo
Northport
N.Y
H. J. Wallace
Fleming
Chamber Chief Urges Free Choice Against Government Touch
United States Chamber of Commerce leader Richard Wagner told about 4,000 delegates that business and labor must be free to decide without government interference. He defended Kennedy’s steel price pause, warned against eroding executive checks, and cited taxation and wage growth as growth inhibitors.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Kennedy
Chamber
Richard Wagner
Wagner
Chicago
Champlain Oil & Refining Co
America
Republicans Fear Conservs Could Upset Rockefeller in New York
AP reporting that New York conservatives may threaten Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and Sen. Javits at the GOP convention and on the ballot in November. Wagner, who opposed a run, hinted at a possible draft while Keating and others warn of a upstate conservative revolt affecting 1964 presidential hopes.
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Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeler
New York
Robert F. Wagner
New York City
Rockefeller
The
Conservative Party, Inc
Jacob K. Javits
GOP
New York State
Javits
Rockefeer
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N.y
Wagner
Keating
Upstate
Albany
Senate
Kennedy
400 Mile Move Cuts London Commute Time
John Wheatley, a British Overseas Airways pilot, moved 400 miles to Mindens Ayrshire to shave time off his London commute. He now drives 15 miles to Prestwick Airport and flies to London. total travel time is 75 minutes, a 45 minute saving.
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London
John Wheatle
Scotland
Wheatley
British Overseas Airways
Mindens
Ayrshire
Prestwick
Vermont New Hampshire truckers win five year contract
About 2,000 Teamsters drivers in Vermont and New Hampshire return to the highways after striking for a week. They voted roughly three to one to accept the contract negotiated by Teamsters President James R. Hoffa. The package worth 1.04 dollars hourly for drivers and 1.25 dollars per hour for carriers.
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Barre
Vermont
New Hampshire
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Carriers Council of
No Booze for Bossy Cows Say Scientists
ELK RIVER Minn AP scientists at Nutrena Mills research farm say alcohol and tranquilizers do not aid cattle. Experts had claimed alcohol speeds development of stomach organisms and tranquilizers boost milk production.
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Elk River
Minn
Nutrena Mills
U.S.-British Near Accord On Summitry
Kennedy and Macmillan move toward informal talks with Khrushchev as they seek to ease Cold War tensions. They aim to shape future East West discussions while softening trade friction over Britain’s entry to the European Common Market. The communique urges peace and understanding and signals possible small multilateral meetings.
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Washington
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Khrushchev
White House
U.S
Britain
Macmillan
Soviet Union
Moscow
North Adams welcomes new United Methodist pastor
The Rev. Frank W. Grippin, former pastor in Bennington and St Albans, will assume duties at the North Adams First Methodist Church on May 20 after confirmation of his transfer by Troy Conference officials. The Berkshire County church network moves to the New England Conference this year.
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Frank W. Grippin
First Methodist Church
North Adams
Mass
Lawrence Larrowe
Troy
Lloyd C. Wicke
Schenectady
N.Y
Stamford
Sheffield
New York
New England
Mr. Grippin
Bennington
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
St. Albans
First
Rutland
Speculator
Hamlin County
Adirondack State Park
Western Maryland College
Westminster
Drew Theological Seminary
Madison
N.J
Grippin
Saratoga Springs
Helen C. Northrup
Proctor
Middlebury College
Drew University
Grippins
Eugene Willard
Honolulu
Ward N. Jones
Deerborn
Mich
Bette
Bennington High School
Bendi
Johnston Island ban bars shipping as nuclear tests loom
AEC announces a shipping and air traffic ban around Johnston Island as the United States plans high altitude nuclear bursts in the Pacific test series. The restriction, issued April 9, marks a decisive step though it does not confirm immediate testing at the Johnston site.
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Washington
Johnston Island
United States
Johnston
Pacific
Titov Enjoys Manhattan Tour After Space Rep Visit
Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov and his wife Tamara tour New York City, visiting Idlewild Airport and the Soviet United Nations mission before a planned appearance at an international space conference in Washington. Titov says he and John Glenn have much to discuss.
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New York
Gherman Titov
Globe
Manhattan
Tamara
Idlewild
United Nations Mission
Park Avenue
Titov
John AH. Glenn Jr
Washingon
D.C
Gherman A. Titov
Idlewild Airport
Russia
Anti-Filibuster Vote Expected Soon in Senate
Senate debates a civil rights voter literacy bill amid hopes to impose a time limit on debate. A cloture petition by 16 senators triggers a vote after two days, with past filibuster history tempering expectations. President Kennedy backs a satellite communications private corporation bill moving later in the week.
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Senate
Washington
House
Kennedy
French Troops Occupy Oran Then Withdraw in Feint
French army units briefly occupied central Oran to press a ban on traffic and crowds amid clashes with the Secret Army Organization. They withdrew with no explanation, while European settlers defied restrictions and moslem areas saw patrols. Ten killed, six injured in the day’s violence, nine of the dead Muslim.
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Oran
Algeria
Secret Army
Army of National Liberation
Fire Wipes Out 18 Homes in Glens Falls Woods
Heavy rain cooled a wind driven blaze that scorched parched woods and burned 18 small homes north of Glens Falls New York. About 35 people were injured, four hospitalized, as more than 2,000 firemen and volunteers fought the 400 acre blaze. Cause undetermined. possible spark from car backfiring or crane hitting high tension wires.
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Glens Falls
N.Y
Here
Leslie Hillis
Warren County
Leon Richardson
West Glens
Overground Railroad Brings Negro Families North
New Orleans families arrive in New York on one way fares paid by the white Citizens Council of Greater New Orleans. Shelly Williams, 24, and his wife seek work and American citizenship as Sen. Javits denounces the Freedom Buses and likens the scheme to an underground railroad signaling a shift away from segregation. The council proposes backing $100,000 for freedom rides north via the legislature.
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New York
New Orleans
Freedom
U.S
Shelly Williams
Williams
White Citizens Council
Greater
Jacob K. Javits
Javits
South
Louisiana
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