Jet fighter pilot lands by surfboard after sea bailout
National guard pilot Jim Moncrief ejected from an F 102 when its engine flamed out off Waikiki. He paddled ashore on a surfboard with help from Capt Henry Brandli. Surfers helped recover gear as a kerosene slick drew complaints from a beachgoer.
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Honolulu
National Guard
Jim Moncrief
Aloha Airlines
Waikiki Beach
Moncrief
Henry Brandle
Hickam Air Base
Brandli
All-Iowa Fair Exhibits Half Reserved
Half of the commercial exhibit space for the 1970 All-Iowa fair is already booked, with much concession space also filled. Deadline for last year’s concessionaires and inside commercial exhibits arrives soon, December 15. New reservations will be first come, first served, with a waiting list in place. The fair runs July 3 to 12, overseen by President L E Shepard and Past President W H Wenkstein as they attend the International Association of Fairs and Expositions convention in Chicago to arrange further concessions and amphitheater plans.
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Billy Greiner
Greiner
The
International Assn. of Fairs
Maddox Proclaims Dec 6 as Possum Day in Georgia
Gov Lester Maddox proclaims Saturday December 6 as Possum Day in Georgia. The designation marks the second day of the two day world’s largest possum hunt held in Dillard in the North Georgia mountains. The signaled proclamation notes frostily mornings and ripe persimmons as proof that possum hunting time has arrived.
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Atlanta
Lester Maddox
Georgia
Dillard
North Georgia
Maddox
Cat Ballou on Channel 9 Tonight at 8 PM
Lee Marvin stars in a comedic Western tale presented as the ABC Wednesday Night Movie in color. Marvin plays a drunken gunslinger in a performance that earned him an Oscar and screens on Channel 9 at 8 PM.
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Cat Ballou
Lee Marvin
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