Aircraft Memories and a World War II P-51 Resurrected
At Cedar Rapids a P-51 Mustang sits on the ramp, sparking memories of World War II. Jim Wathan bought the aircraft in California and plans work before resale. Also noted are academy class of 1959 rings flown by Col. Benjamin Cassidy Jr. in an F-86 and a futuristic Atlas missile model mishap by Krafft Ehricke. The piece closes with Arlie Stewart and a 1930s Monocoupe arrival in Oelwein from Portland Oregon.
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Cedar Rapids
Jim Wathan
California
U.S. Air Force Acaddee
Academy
Col
Benjamin Cassidy, Jr
Chicago
Krafft Ehricke
Convair
Ehricke
Mr. Ehricke
Oelwein
Arlie Stewart
Portland
Ore
Stewarts
Stewart
Louisville
Airmen Keep Sky Watch at Djenane Krater Morocco
In Djenane Krater Morocco 50 U.S. airmen man a 24 hour radar watch under Major James G. Strobel. The unit supports Nouasseur Sidi Slimane Ben Guerir Boulhaut and Kenitra bases while sharing a base with 40 French air force personnel. Morale boosts include a hobby shop library nightly movies and a club.
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Djenane Krater
Morocco
API
U.S
James G. Strobel
Bradenton
Fla
Strobel
Florida
Europe
Oujda
Richard No
Chicago
Whisky Billboard Slogan Sparks City Controversy
A Chicago billboard atop a skid row flophouse proclaimed a whisky with the slogan known by the company it keeps. The ad drew attention for its provocative irony and raised questions about public space advertising.
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Chicago
UPS
College aids freshmen in selecting classes at UMass
In Amherst Massachusetts the University of Massachusetts will hold summer counseling and testing for incoming freshmen through August 14. Groups of 200 visit the campus for a 24 day program of aptitude and achievement tests and meetings with faculty counselors to help place students in appropriate courses. Provost Shannon McCune notes the aim is individualized attention and a quieter setting than fall orientation.
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Amherst
Mass
UPI
University of Massachusetts
Shannon McCune
Hula Dancers Unionizes In Waikiki Market Shift
Honolulu reports unionization of hula performers under the American Guild for Variety Artists. Dancers now command higher pay from solo numbers to feature routines, with hotels like Royal Hawaiian and Hawaiian Village paying up to 125 a week. The guild plans to organize dancers on other islands, citing fairness against amateurs and policing challenges in a free-spirited culture.
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Honolulu
American Guild For
Hawaii
Debbie Caetano
Debbie
Waikiki Beach
Royal Hawaiian Hotel
Hawaiian Village Hotel
B. U
John Tsukano
Guild
Hawaiiian
New Hospital Facility Dedicated to Orderly
In Reno, Washoe medical center dedicated its new $720000 diagnostic and treatment facility to a surgical orderly, Chris Kakoris, 67, a Greek native, after 27 years of service as the hospital’s longest tenured employee. Administrator Clyde Fox estimates Kakoris has wheeled more than 25000 patients to surgery.
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Reno
Washoe Medical Center
Chris Kakoris
Greece
Clyde Fox
Kakoris
Recession Not So Acute as 1929 Warns Lange
Warsaw AP brief quotes Oskar Lange, former Chicago instructor and Polish economist, saying the U S recession will not be as severe as 1929 to 1932. He notes long investment cycles and durable goods overhang may delay recovery, with bank and employment policies adding to the brake on the downturn.
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Warsaw
Oskar Lange
University of Chicago
Poland
Gloucester buys Ten Pound Island for 2750 dollars
Gloucester purchases Ten Pound Island for 2750 dollars. The three and a half acre parcel had been under state or federal possession since 1820, with the fog horn not included in the sale.
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Gloucester
Mass
Fog Horn
Dinosaurs Return To Dominate Earth As Toys
Washington reports that model dinosaur skeletons are selling in toy shops nationwide. The piece notes sizes from chickens to 80 foot long Brachiosaurus, describes notable species, the meaning of dinosaur and the Mesozoic era, and mentions Kronosaurus on display in Cambridge and scientists unearthing dinosaur bones.
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Earth
Washington
America
Jumbo
Struthiomimus
Diplodocus
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Australia
Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology
Cambridge
Mass
Record octopus at Toba City aquarium claims 45 tentacles
The Toba City aquarium reports an octopus with 45 tentacles stretching up to 24 feet, surpassing the prior 19-tentacle record cited by scientists in Yomiuri. The specimen was found in the Pacific off Toba City on Honshu’s south central coast.
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Oujda
France
Sahara
Tendrara
Djenane Krater
Capetown
India
Dana
John Young
Cincinnati
Ohio
Youngs
Kilimanjaro
Toba City
Japan
Toba City Aquarium
Yomiuri
Norway
Pacific
Honshu
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Lou Brewer
Wathan Flying Service
Municipal Airport
Arizona
Sky
Arab Desert
The
College
Aper
Lenatasne
U. S
Swiat
Lange
City Bays Island
Smulekoff
Valentine Seaver
Kroehler
Iowa
Smulekoff's
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