Time Capsule Project Involving Prairie Students
Prairie high school students in an American Civilization class prepare a time capsule for burial on campus. Items include peanut butter, a license plate, books, and magazines, with social studies teacher Mark Towers guiding students. The article also offers sewing card craft steps and notes a 1961 hijacking to Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie High School
Mark Towers
Bramble Road
Janine Stallman
Fairfax
Connie Sadecky
Lynda Hauschild
Wyoming Drive
Jim Christenson
Sixteenth Avenue
Ken Hartsock
Roger Thompson
Route One
Cedar Rapids
Bruce Sojka
Swisher
Matt Gillette
Ely
Scott Williams
Jerry Condra
Sixth Street
CIA plot alleged to have targeted Castro in late 1950s
Retired Air Force colonel L. Fletcher Prouty says the CIA asked for a plane to land two Cuban exiles near Havana to kill Fidel Castro. He claims the mission was ordered during Helms's control of CIA operations and involved Oscar Spiro, with aircraft returning to Eglin Air Force Base.
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Washington
CIA
Cuba
Fidel Castro
L. Fletcher Prouty
Richard Helms
CBS
Daniel Schorr
Prouty
Helms
Air Force
Castro
Richard Bissel
Havana
Eglin Air Force Base
Florida
Four Die as Twisters Hit Five States
United Press International reports 23 tornadoes across five states including nine in Louisiana, seven in Texas, and four in Illinois. In Louisiana four people died and 14 were injured as homes were destroyed and power lines fell in the southwest and south central areas. Bertha Fontenot and her 11 year old daughter Ruth Ann died in a two car crash during rain in Eunice.
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National Weather Service
Louisiana
Texas
Illinois
Arkansas
Alabama
Bertha Fontenot
Eunice
Ruth Ann
U.S. Highway 190
Leonard James
Rosepine
Deridder
Pitkin
Michelle Thompson
Task Force Urges Standardized Air Traffic Control Procedures
Washington AP The transportation department task force urges the FAA to standardize air traffic control procedures and implement 19 recommendations within 45 days after the TWA crash that killed 92. Proposals include a mixed review group, clearer terminology, data monitoring in cockpits, faster rule making, better controller pilot information, stricter design reviews, and clearer flight reviews.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
Transportation Department
Trans World Airlines
Blue Ridge Mountains
Transportation
William Coleman
FAA
James Dow
National Transportation Safety Board
TWA
National
Dulles International Airport
Virginia
Crop Dusting Prompts Mass Inoculation in Hudson Kansas
A mass inoculation was conducted for about 200 residents of Hudson Stafford county after a crop dusting plane released a lethal chemical, paragathion, drifting over the town due to a wind shift. Health authorities in Great Bend advised the inoculation following skin irritations. Hudson, Kansas, is a small community of roughly 200 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson, Kan
Stafford County
Great Bend
Hudson
Classified Ad Challenge Promises Notable Results Today
Prompted readers to try a classified advertisement for measurable responses. Includes emphasis on immediate visibility and testable outcomes, urging creative placement and compelling copy to maximize inquiries and sales.
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Gazette
John McIvor
Raf
Cindy
Telis
Rockefeller
Rockefeller Commission
Schorr
Ford
Peck
Flower & Garden Shop
United Press International
Dial
Dial Finance
Philco
Cathedral Radio
Lloyds
Darrel
TV & Electronics
8Th Avenue
Marion, Iowa
Lindale Plaza
Chuck Kitchen
H. A
Seinsheiner
Stratford
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