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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1969
Page
5
In San Bernardino California the Santa Fe Railway is remodeling 223 cabooses to include Pullman berths a refrigerator thermostatically controlled oil stove and a two way radio. The domes will feature a swivel mounted multi position upholstered armchair for watching train operations as cabooses ride like parlors.
Washington AP report FAA approves an inertial navigation system for Boeing 747 jets. Pan American captain Olaf Abrahamsen says the system is five times more accurate than the Doppler radio setup in use, signaling a major step in aviation navigation accuracy.
Cars suffer from cushion under frames that absorb track jolts. The caboose, last car on a train, is used by crew traveling to or from assignments and functions as headquarters for the freight train conductor.
A British businessman donated Lundy Island to Britain's National Trust as a coastal nature preserve. The 360000 dollar gift ends centuries of personal control, placing Puffin Island in the Bristol Channel under preservation by the National Trust. Lundy measures about three miles by half a mile and features cliffs, a medieval castle, a hotel, an old church, and stone houses.
Norman J. Jacques a 23-year-old former Rhode Island state senator from Pawtucket says his upcoming draft physical will likely slow him but he will continue his bid for conscientious objector status. He opposes the Vietnam War and does not want to serve in any capacity.
Mamie Eisenhower widow of President Dwight D. Eisenhower has been released from a U S Air Force hospital after acute bronchitis. She was hospitalized July 3 while en route to a Scottish vacation and traveled from Southampton on a liner back to the United States.
Infectious diseases such as diphtheria measles polio and whooping cough still cause suffering and death across Latin America. Despite vaccines and yearly vaccination campaign budgets, health experts from 25 countries meeting in Montevideo Uruguay say many programs fail to eradicate or significantly reduce disease incidence. They cited shortcomings in administrative methods for vaccination programs organized by the Pan American Health Organization.
In Victoria Boris Miroshnichenko the Soviet ambassador to Canada wished success to the three U S astronauts on their moon trip. He noted their mission would benefit mankind and science during an official visit to Lt Gov John Nicholson. In Washington the Treasury reports U S gold stock at nearly 11.2 billion in May a 217 million rise the largest since 1957.
In a sign at Michigan State University women's intramural swimming pool, swimmers with short hair may swim without caps while those with long hair must wear caps. The notice appears amid discussions on vaccination program inadequacies and testing of Latin American vaccines as part of broader health concerns.
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