2000 Military Plane Crashes Prompt Review Of Causes
Washington AP reports more than 1.8 billion dollars in U.S. military aircraft have been lost or damaged in crashes during 1961 to 1963. Data shows pilot error and material failure as top causes across Air Force Navy and Army, with 2,000 major accidents in three years. The Air Force tallies 1.1 billion in damage from about 1,100 accidents, Navy and Marine Corps over 900 planes affected, and Army incidents concentrated on crew error and material failure.
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Washington
U.S
Defense Department
Associated Press
Pentagon
Air Force
Navy
Marine Corps
Theous
Dellar
Army
iNavy
Cigarette Plants Working Overtime
Louisville based cigarette makers report mixed schedules as the smoking health scare fades from attention. P Lorillard and Philip Morris run five-day weeks while Brown Williamson and American Tobacco adopt shorter or four-day weeks.
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Louisville, Ky
Louisville
P. Lorillard
Philip Morris
Brown and Williamson Tobacco Co
American Tobacco Co
Tobacco Company
Starfish Seeks New Members and Revisions to Bylaws
Starfish, Inc. reported a bylaws revision and updates from Executive Director Michael Rose about a new office at the old Pittsfield General Hospital building, open Mondays to Fridays 12 30 to 5 30. A vote of thanks acknowledged use of the Dalton Community House pool three days weekly. The group planned a monthly meeting at Imperial Lanes Bubble Room at 6 p m with a covered dish supper and bowling after. Starfish has about 30 members and is running a membership drive. Handicapped and chronically ill persons may join. Information is available from the PGH office.
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Starfish, Inc
Michael Rose
Pittsfield General Hospital
Dalton
Imperial Lanes
Starfish
PGH
Columbia University School of Engineering 100th Anniversary
The School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University, planning its 100th anniversary on November 15, 1964, began in cellar rooms of a former deaf and dumb asylum on the old 49th Street campus and spent its second year in a former broom factory.
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New York
Columbia University
School of Enginering and Applied Science
Columbia
49Th Street
Navy Men From Pittsfield Serve Aboard Caribbean Vessels
Harold Gibbs of Lathers Avenue Norfolk aboard USS Sea Lion home port Norfolk Virginia deployed in the Caribbean from mid January to late February visiting St Thomas St Croix Puerto Rico and Saba and St Martin first US warship to visit the Dutch islands Gibbs wife Domenica Ravizza and their four children reside at 5808 Pontiac Road Norfolk Navy machinist mate third class Benjamin P Shulhan son of Mrs Domka Shulhan Curtin Avenue participates in Operation Springboard aboard USS Little Rock stationed in the Caribbean operation run annually by Atlantic Fleet for sea assault landings and flight training Edward J Loboda electrician technician second class serves as electronics instructor at Great Lakes Naval Training Station son of Mr and Mrs Michael K Loboda 529 Onota Street recently returned from 30 day leave a 1959 Pittsfield High School graduate he reenlisted in the Navy last year and previously served in the Mediterranean two years
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Harold Gibbs
Orville Watkins
Lathers Avenue
Norfolk, Va
Caribbean
St. Thomas
St. Croix
U. S. Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Saba
St. Martin
Netherlands Antilles
U. S
Dutch Islands
Gibbs
Domenica R. Ravizza
Pittsfield
Pontiac Road
Norfolk
Benjamin P. Shulhan
Navy
Domka Shulhan
Curtin Ave
Edward J. Loboda
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Michael K. Loboda
Onota St
Navy Electronics School
Treasure Island
San Francisco
Calif
Great Lakes
Mediterranean
Pittsfield High School
I Navy
Duck banded in Nevada shot in Soviet Union
The Nevada Fish and Game Commission said a pintail duck banded at Overton in Southern Nevada in 1956 was shot recently in the Soviet Union across the Bering Strait from Alaska.
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Reno
Nevada Fish and Game Commission
Overton
Nevada
Soviet Union
Bering Strait
Alaska
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Prince Albert Strasse
East
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Sea Lion
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Conrv Bros
Electric Shop
North Street
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