Problem of Air Baggage Isn't Solved
Inez Robb reports on a 1985 aviation symposium where scientists predict jet speeds of 1500 to 2000 mph, automatic flight, and a space station, but baggage delivery remains unsolved. TWA offers 50000 to describe travel in 1985, with solutions to baggage distribution judged 30 years later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Trans World Airlines
Hall Hibbard
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Hibbard
Wernher von Braun
U.S. Army
Redstone Arsenal
F. L. Whipple
Department of Astronomy
Harvard
Los Angeles
The
New Yorker
L.A
von Braun
TWA
Kansas City
Gladstone
Appointment of Administratrix for Linn County Estate
Notice records that LaVonne Ruth Lewig of Linn County Iowa died. Elliott Whuttleworth Ingersoll announces the appointment and qualification of M Sparks as Administratrix on January 14 1955. Creditors are asked to settle debts and file claims with the administrator.
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
LaVonne Ruth Lewig
Elliott
Whuttleworth & Ingersoll
M. Sparks
Marty Maher at West Point Remembered Forty Years On
Hal Boyle profiles Marty Maher, a 78 year old West Point veteran who began as a 20 year old mess hall waiter in 1896 and stayed involved for decades. He retired in 1946 after 50 years at the academy and continues to visit the Point weekly, fondly recalling cadets and key figures such as MacArthur, Bradley, Clark, Eisenhower, and more.
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Marty
New York
Marty Maher
West Point
U. S. Military Academy
Tipperary
Maher
Martin
Douglas MacArthur
Omar Nelson Bradley
Mark Clark
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Motorboat Boom Might Cut Traffic
A 1955 column argues motorboat sales reduce road traffic as show crowds buy boats from $470 dinghies to an $88,000 yacht. It predicts 4,000 to 5,000 boats sold, with families parking cars dockside on weekends, easing highway congestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kingsbridge Armory
Airliners to Carry Identification Radar Beacons
The Air Transport Association said scheduled airlines will equip planes with identification radar beacons. The beacon lets ground radar at airports instantly identify beacon aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Air Transport Association
Attlee Proposes Exile for Chiang Kai-shek
Former Prime Minister Attlee suggested Chiang Kai-shek and his top aides be exiled to a suitable asylum as a first step to ending the Formosa crisis. He urged placing Formosa under neutral administration until the people vote on joining Communist China.
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London
Attlee
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
China
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Space Station
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Esi
Jocko
Cholle
Wiggie
Rascal
Pal
Hal Boyle
H. RB. Beckwith
Home Decorators, Inc
Newark
J. Green
Rath
Black Hawk
Banko
Food Club
Cedar Rapids
C St. S.W
Wilson Ave
10Th St
18Th St. N.E
Velma Wits
Joe Metelak
John W. Ebsen
Lawrence Butler Fleanor Smith
Amana
Gaylord
Phyllis Battelle
INS
Grandma
Boston
Chicago
Neptune
General Motors
Russ
Public
Dows
2Nd Ave
2Nd ST
Dial
Chiang
Baldwin
Orgasonic
Cedar Rapids Piano CO
1St Avenue
Revolutionary New
Designa
Bendix
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