Kansan's Collector Item Is Air-Worthy
Ottawa rancher Charles A. LeMaster owns the oldest Boeing 247 still intact and airworthy, one of only two remaining of 75 built. The 1932 airliner, used as a flying school bus and later for oil crews, features two 550 horsepower engines, a 74 foot wingspan, and a 745 mile range.
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Ottawa
Kan
Charles A. LeMaster
LeMaster
Seattle
U.S. Army Air Corps
Gillette
Wyo
247
London
Melbourne
Australia
Roycoe
Underground Adoption Service Operates Quietly in Brazil
In Rio de Janeiro a Brazilian housewife runs a clandestine program matching unwanted babies with childless couples. Hernani Bessa Lira, 28, began four years ago after helping a desperate unwed mother. Adoption isn’t organized or encouraged by the state, yet families show joy when receiving a child.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Hernani Bessa Lira
Brazil
Mrs. Lira
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