Airman warned of landing danger before Idlewild crash
Washington reports that Capt. Edward J. Bechtold authored a magazine piece urging safer Idlewild Airport approaches. The DC-7B crash killed 24 of 51 aboard amid fog on runway No. 4. officials consider installing instrument landing on runway 13 and promised Bechtold’s widow continued safety efforts.
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Idlewild
New York
Edward J. Bechtold
United Press International
Bechtold
American Associated Press
Airlift Magazine
Federal Aviation Agency
Promis Bechtold
Federal Aviation Administrator
Najeeb E. Halaby
Queen Wins Highland Cattle Prize at Smithfield Show
The Queen took a first prize in the Highland cattle class at the Smithfield Live stock Show opening day. Her winning animal was a heifer named Megan II.
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London
P-Reuter
Smithfield
Britain Seen Facing High Factory Injury Toll
An AP report notes higher injuries in British factories with 16,000 monthly average in 1961, compared with wartime 10,667 injuries per eight months for British servicemen during 1939 to 1945, drawing on Industrial Safety magazine data.
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London
P-Reuter
Britain
Industrial Safety
Islanders Vote To Return Tristan Da Cunha Islanders
The Tristan da Cunha islanders living at a former RAF camp near Southampton voted 48 to 5 by secret ballot on whether to return to their South Atlantic home or stay in Britain. An advance party returned in August to repair eruption damage, with plans to bring back the rest possibly by year’s end.
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London
A.a.p.router
Tristan da Cunha
Royal Air Force
Southampton
Britain
Commonwealth
Duncan Sandys
V Bomber Burns In Jet Test Fire
A Vulcan bomber at Filton Bristol burst into flames during a test burn. The aircraft, tethered in a pen with four wing engines boosted by a belly mounted Super Olympus, carried 12 000 gallons of fuel. Fire consumed the jet as four crew members fled. The Express noted the Olympus engine would back plans for the Anglo-French Concord airliner and TSR-2 fighter.
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Buirnt
Daily Express
Vulcan
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