Fear of Flying class held aboard Pan Am jet
A Houston Pan Am Fear of Flying session taught by Capt. W T Cummings carried 30 paying riders into a taxiing 707 at Intercontinental. Passengers faced anxiety as they prepared to fly, with psychologist Dr Sander Martin noting many had not flown in years. Cummings linked fear to dying, while some attendees admitted past gruesome experiences.
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Houston
UPI
W.T
Cummings
Houston Intercontinental Airport
Pan Am
Mary Marshall
Israel Tapick
Lois Davis
Sander Martin
Chimo
Martin
University of Houston
Slim
Drunk Driver List Sold on Mark in Oslo Norway
A secret government list of 4,500 convicted drunk drivers is sold on the black market for 35 dollars a copy. Nye Alle Menn reports the list from the Communications Ministry was found on a garbage dump. The ministry regrets the leak and notes drunken driving penalties in Norway are three weeks in jail.
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Oslo
Norway
UPI
Nye Alle Menn
Comunications
Oldest General Store Seeks New Owner in Rhode Island
Brown and Hopkins in Chepachet claims lineage as America’s oldest continuously operated general store since 1809. For sale at 55,000 dollars, the two story building includes fixtures and antiques. Current managers Gil and Marge Peterson will leave when a new owner is found to keep the Main Street landmark open for locals and nostalgia buffs.
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Chepachet
R.I
UPI
Brown and Hopkins
America
Thomas
Cheryl Wright
Wrights
Brown and
Hopkins
Gil
Marge Peterson
Peterson
Ira P. Evans
Providence
Nazca Desert Lines in Peru Baffle Archaeologists
A National Geographic described mystery over mile long desert marks between Nazca and Palpa. The figures include birds reptiles and a spider, likely Nazca origin between 100 B C and A D 700, with theories ranging from roads to celestial signals. Maria Reiche has spent years mapping the lines, rejecting spaceflight airfield ideas.
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Washington
Peru
Nazca
Palpa
B.C
A.D
Loren McIntyre
National Geographic
National Geographic Society
Controversy Over Rhode Island Jennycake Recipe Flares
USQUEHOP, R I UPI The annual autumn Jon nycake festival on Oct 25 27 sponsored by Kenyon Corn Meal Co draws thousands to debate the proper jennycake. Residents of Washington County Newport County and local officials discuss scalded meal versus cold milk batter and bacon fat fried cakes. The festival features demonstrations tours and exhibits as the Queen s River divides Richmond and South Kingstown with the Jennycake tradition dating to Narragansett Indians.
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Usquepaugh
R.I
UPI
Queen’s River
Rhode Island
Kenyon Corn Meal Co
Peter W. Smith
Washington County
Narragansett Bay
Newport County
Newport
James D. Herbert
Providence
Society For the Propagation of the
Rhode Islanders
Salmon Spawn Commences Long Pacific Northwest Run
At Bonneville Dam Beverly Bennett watches fish pass by her window counting more than 15,000 salmon daily as they begin their spawning migration. From oceanic routes across Alaska to California the fish travel hundreds of miles to return to fresh waters in Washington Idaho and even Canada. They spawn lay eggs fertilize then die as wildlife watches for the white flash of salmon. Eggs hatch around Christmas and fingerlings head to the sea come spring.
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N.Y
Troutdale
Ore
Beverly Bennett
Bonneville Dam
Pacific
Alaska
California
Washington
Idaho
Canada
Columbia
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Astrodome
Galveston Beach
Tapick
McIntyre
Maria Reiche
Miss Reiche
Earth
Johnnycake
New England
Richmond
South Kingstown
Hese
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
MU Mets
Main ST
Bennington
Monthru
Thurs
Sat
Aary
Shetland
Crazy Horse
H.ls
Ponti Nic
Meublein, Inc
Hartford, Conn
Rat Ag
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