U-2 Spy Plane Origins Revealed in 1950s Program
A detailed account traces the 1954 push to develop the U-2 high altitude spy plane. Key figures include Johnson, Gardner, Bissell, Talbott, Dulles, and Wilson. The plan faced initial rejection, then secrecy under a civilian cover with NACA involvement. The project produced the first U-2 by 1955, with White House approval and controlled flight missions.
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Unios
Johnson
Gardner
Bernard A. Schriever
Air Missile Development
Air Force
A. Dey
Floyd Wood
Air Research and Development Command
Science Advisory Committee
White House
Washington
Harold Talbott
Allen Dulles
Richard M. Bissell
CIA
Bissell
Force
America
Bis
CLA
1 Air Force
James Doolittle
Tokyo
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Fon Foreign Intelligence
Doolittle
ENACA
U-2
Dryden
SRC
NACA
Naca Rems
Charles E. Wilson
Defense
Wilson
Talbott
Wilfred J. McNeil
Pentagon
Wison
McNeil
Nathan F. Twining
Donald L. Putt
California
Skunk Works
Burbank
Kelly
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
United States
Gowan
Robertson 10-County Group Panel to Pick Officers
The 10-County Upper Monongahela Valley Assn plans its annual meeting Friday in Clarksburg to elect officers and directors. Reports will cover the valley economy and UMWA development programs with an outlook for the future.
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Fairmont
Monongahela
Val ‘Ley Assn
Clarksburg
Adonis
Hunt
UMWA
West Virginia highway land purchases under joint probe
A congressional committee and Attorney General C Donald Robertson joined forces to study five years of right of way acquisitions for West Virginia highways. Walter May and George Kopecky said a July hearing is possible in Washington. Separate state investigations could cover 125 to 300 transactions. St Albans Council Jr OLAM to initiate at 8 W P today.
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Neilson
Board of Realtors
Association
West Side Businessmen’s Assn
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Simon Meyer
Charleston
Congressional
Atty
C. Donald Robertson
West Virginia
Walter R. May
Biatnik Committee
George M. Kopecky
Robertson
May
Washington
Road Commission
Burl Sawyers
Search Lights Used For Missing Cathy Carr Body
In Whitesville near Maxine Boone County on Wednesday night deputies and volunteers searched Coal River for two year old Cathy Carr who vanished from the river bank while playing with a small dog. Her mother Eloise Carr said she saw the child earlier on the bank and later could not locate her.
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Whitesville
Coal River
Maxine
Boone County
Cathy Carr
Eloise Carr
Samuel Bird Receives Doctor of Philosophy Degree
The piece notes Samuel O Bird earning a Doctor of Philosophy degree from a North Carolina university. It mentions dates around May and references affiliations with Wisconsin and Virginia institutions including Mary Washington College and the University of Virginia at Fredericksburg.
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Uanersty
Wisconsin
Leacis
Mary Washington Callese
the Universty
Virginia
Fredericksburg
Bailey of Logan Competes in Local Event
Charles E Bailey of Logan West Virginia placed among participants in a local meet with notable effort and performance. Bob Jean lia vereity contributed to the event where the cabersay's eghees were evaluated and an average score was recorded.
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Greesvele
S C
Chares E Baiey
Logan
W. Va
Bob Jean
Eabersay
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