Carrier Jets and Lens System Define Deck Landings Aboard USS Hancock
Lt. Tom Mineau details the Lens device guiding pilot approach aboard an attack carrier in the South China Sea. Landing accuracy is critical to avoid missing arresting cables or contacting the deck at 150 mph, with death risks in a wrong final seconds. The article also notes Irish name prefixes O Mac De Fitz traceable to medieval periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uss
Hancock
South China Sea
Tom Mineau
Mineau
Carrier Aviation
Air Force
Elsmore Area Hosts Weekend Visitors and Anniversary
A string of social visits ties Elsmore area residents, including Mr. and Mrs. David Kern and sons from Chanute, the Swansons of Mission, and the Bolers and Mercings attending Ed Miner's funeral in Osawatomie. Elmer Mattson marks his 59th wedding anniversary with family at Laverne and Moran. Mattson also turns 81, celebrated among relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsmore
David Kern
Chanute
Dukie Myers
Eugene Swanson
Mission
Arnold Swanson
Floyd Boler
Jerry Mercing
Daisy Miner
Ed Miner
Boler
Osawatomie
Jack Braden
Claremore
Okla
Charley Braden
Arnold Albert
Wichita
Rome Albert
Lavenburg
Carrol Lander
Elmer Mattson
Ray Bradford
Glen Bradford
Humboldt
Leland Mattson
Paul Wood
Gary
Susan
Paula
Moran
Gene Heskut
Heskut
Paul Lee
Parsons
Richard Fewins
Duane Bauer
Fred Williams
Jess Barker
Lewis Singhurst
Pamela
Neodesha
Ray Beeman
Beulah Hight
Grace Carson
Eva Pownall
Worthy
Iane Jordon
H. E. Anderson
Thayer Groups in Meetings
Thayer social notes record Jan 22 library reading club at the Thayer city library with devotions by Mrs J M Gelwix and a forum on Indian Affairs. Officers elected for the coming year include Mrs Harold Umbarger as president and Mrs Wesley Anderson as vice president. The group will meet Feb 5 with Mrs Fogleman at Neodesha for a luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thayer
Fred Hill
Wadsworth Veterans Hospital
Elridge
J. M. Gelwix
Parsons Training School
Mmes
Roscoe Hallenberg
H. M. Minnich
H. E. Anderson
Harold Umbarger
Wesley Anderson
Milo Hazen
Joel van Meter
J. T. Fogleman
Fogleman
Neodesha
R. D. Johnson
David Thornton
Neosho, Mo
Everett Thornton
Frank Meek
Joyce
Earl Ericson
Donald Ericson
Howard Baker
Kanas City
Dan Ferm
Gerald Johnson
Cleo Carson
Hillcrest
Keith Swanson
J. Edward Swanson
Chanute Hospital
Charles Weston
Russll Ludlum
Mervin Ard
Brenda
D. A. Ludlum
Dean Ludlum
Clair Barnett
Elsie Cation
Clyde Davis
Clyde Laver
Humboldt
Lloyd Cox
Wallace Senstedt
George Ard
Una Roberts
Ervin Headley
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Mac
Brian Boru
Fitz
Ireland
University of Kansas
Lyman
Halstead
East Main Street
Prak-T Kal
Model
BAYER
Lanolin
Setique
Contac
Anahist
Elsmore Area
Freeda Gay
Esther Ericson
Hert Johnson
Clarence Johnson
Gladys Nelson
Verle Nelson
Gertrude McLain
Lavonburg
Mattson
Herbert Henderson
Merle Hash
Independence
Marilyn
L. D. Dantic
Williams
Dantic
Clarence Wehling
Glen Thornton
Rickie
Jamie
Jessie Johnston
James Hannon
Laura Ann
Edna
Ray Lawrence Beeman
Michael
Mrs
Mabel Engel
Ruth Stafford
Pearl Chapter
CBS
Bill Brewer
Joan
Ann Herold
Luraine Whitman
Jesse Johnston
Harry McFarland
Duane
Stephen
John Davis
Sedan
Elmer Wood
Louis Stange
Alfred Burenheide
John Holmes
Clifford McLucas
Charley Gibson
William Steele
Kincaid
Dewayne Ard
William Deere
Bronson
Ronald Zornes
Lela Dunham
Stark
Brenda Humboldt
Harry Laver
Methodist Church
Floyd Clark
Earl Munson
Don Huffman
Linda
Harold L. Johnson
Ethel Watson
Mervin
Wendall Johnson
Leon Johnson
Terri
Harold Johnson
Mary Bauer
Morre
Duncen Hines Buttermilk
MEX
U. S. No
Florida
Swift
California
Bri
Bottie
PT. Ctn
Dennis
Camay
Oxydol
Carton
N. Santa Fe
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