Researcher claims fog dispersal via helicopter method
Vernon G. Plank of the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories reports that using a big helicopter to blow dry air into warm fogs can raise the dew point and evaporate water droplets. In three weeks of tests at Smith Mountain Airport near Roanoke, Virginia, 200 foot thick fogs were cleared repeatedly, producing mile wide clearings in about 10 minutes.
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Air Force
Cambridge Research Laboratories
Smith Mountain
Roanoke
Network schedules face midseason churn and tired shows
A television industry discussion outlines planned midseason shifts with ABC CBS and NBC set to drop weak programs and add familiar format staples. Plans include retreads of old films, new talk and variety slots and a Cavett hosting idea, reflecting a grim note on future TV fare. Plank a cloud physicist also notes fog seeding and helicopter aid for weather, with interest from New York Port Authority on test data.
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ABC
NBC
CBS
Phyllis Diller
Jim Nabors
Godfrey Cambridge
Minnie Pearl
Debbie Reynolds
Bill Cosby
Andy Williams
TV in Review: English Acts Polish Male of the Species
English actors bring polish to NBC TV in Male of the Species. The Welsh play follows a 20 year old girl through three relationships with a carpenter, a Casanova, and a barrister. Connery, Caine, Scofield deliver strong performances, with Connery’s father role as the highlight.
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Hollywood
UPI
England
Nbc-Tv
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Sean Connery
Michael Caine
Paul Scofield
Owen
Connery
Caine
Casanova
FTC Plans Hearing On Gas Station Give Aways
Washington reports the FTC will hold hearings on gas station and retail give away games after a staff study found widespread unfair and deceptive practices. Proposed rules aim to ban rigged games and require prize disclosures with strict limits on retailer participation in gasoline games. A PR firm for industry group Dehard & Brodie counters that 1966 68 abuses declined while prizes totaling over 54 million dollars were awarded in 1967 and 1968.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Dehard & Brodie, Inc
Four More Heart Transplants Performed Since First of Year
United Press International reports that in the first five days of the year four heart transplants were performed, two on Sunday. The 106th and 107th worldwide operations occurred in New York and Houston, with recipients including a 44 year old New Yorker and Otho Edwin Chancey of Elhart Kansas. Drs Lillehei and DeBakey led teams. 39 patients live with borrowed hearts as experts expect gradual growth in procedures.
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New York
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Methodist Hospital
Edwin Chancey
Elhart
Kan
Daniel Dana Price Jr
Daniel Price
Jan Moll
Kazimierz Rybinski
C. Walton Lille Hei
Thomas Frouge
Frouge Corp
Frouge
Michael DeBakey
Chancey
Stanford
Calif
Norman Shumway
United Press International
Siamese Twins Daisy and Violet Hilton Die in Charlotte
Daisy and Violet Hilton, famed Siamese twins joined at the hips, were found dead Saturday night at their Charlotte home after failing to report to work at a suburban grocery. One twin had flu symptoms and police suspect Hong Kong flu complications. an autopsy was ordered. The sisters, born in England and raised in the United States, rose from vaudeville to fame, earning significant sums before years of quiet life and distant public appearances.
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UPI
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Violet Hilton
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Reed
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Sills
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England
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