Homemade Airplane Ready For Flight Testing In Indiana
Gurney Evans a former Navy metalsmith and Robert Barkley built a 12 foot long aluminum midget plane named Jennie Tennie for about $750. The craft is at Jimmy Stewart Airport awaiting FAA grounding tests before manned flight. They estimate cruise at 85 mph, range two and a half hours, and plan FAA inspections after 75 hours of flying within a 10 mile radius.
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BILL GRAFF
Indiana Evening Gazette
BLAIRSVILLE, Pa
Gurney Evans
Robert Barkley
Jennie Teenie
Evans
Barkley
Jimmy Stewart
Indiana
Federal Aviation Agency
Jennie Tennie
hobby
Volkswagen
Doe
Four Railroads Pause Dividends As Penn Central Delays
Four railroads leasing 3670 miles to Penn Central halt or defer dividends on several stocks. The Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis, Michigan Central, Cleveland and Pittsburgh and Canadian Southern Railway Co cite unpaid or uncertain rental payments. July 31 common and preferred dividends are delayed indefinitely for multiple subsidiaries.
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PHILADELPHIA
Penn Central Transportation Company
Penn Central
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Michigan Central
Pittsburgh
Canadian Southern Railway Co
Cincinati
St Louis
Michigan Central capital
Canadian Southern
Windsor
Ont
Niagara Falls
Status and prestige in American life
A HAL BOYLE column analyzes social status as a measure of reward and fear. It lampoons modern signs of prestige from portraits and stamps to credit cards, wardrobes, and blunt judgments by others. The tone blends humor with social observation about status inflation.
Pink curtains cue changing tides of office life
The piece contrasts gender roles at work with examples of male privilege and female scrutiny. It argues decades of male supremacy shaped normal office habits into standard practice and warns that shifting attitudes may move power to women, starting with the boss’s homey decor.
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John
Jane
14 Freed To Await Appeals
Alleged Mafia figure Ruggiero Boiardo known as Richie the Boot and 14 co defendants were freed on $10,000 bail after conviction on anti gambling charges. They must surrender passports and stay within New Jersey as the state Supreme Court decides whether to accept the appeal, with a Sept timeframe noted.
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NEWARK
Ruggiero
Richie
Boiardo
Essex County
Bolardo
Superior Court
Ralph Fusco
New Jersey
Milton Conford
Appellate Division
Conford
New Charge For Tommy Tongyai in Unemployment Case
New charge filed in Geneva New York accuses sheriff deputy Thomas Tongyai known as Tommy the Traveler of illegally collecting unemployment benefits for ten weeks while on undercover work for Ontario County sheriff on Hobart College campus. He faces false statements charges in first degree a felony with up to four years in prison. Tongyai arraigned freed on $1000 bond funded by two local businessmen who said he was persecuted not prosecuted.
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GENEVA
N.Y
tne
Thomas Tongyai
Tongyai
Tommy the Traveler
Ontario County sheriff's department
Hobart College
Warrington
Joseph J. Caito
Geneva City Court
Three Judge Panel Denies Appeal in Newark Gambling Case
A three judge panel rejected the appeal by Boiardo and 17 co defendants convicted last year of operating a multi million dollar gambling ring in and around Newark.
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Boiardo
Newark
Free TV Listening Device Offered for Sound Help
An offer promotes an ultraminiature Acousticon Hearing Aid designed to aid churchgoers and others who hear but do not always understand. The device promises easier listening at home and during conversations, claiming to reduce the need to raise TV volume.
Deaths Of 4 May Result In Damage Suit
In Philadelphia a lawyer for the Terrero family says criminal negligence caused the deaths of Dr Romulo Terrero, his wife, two children and mother from gas poisoning. The Terreros and 16 others were sickened after a leaking generator fumes entered their Manoe apartment. A $2 million indemnity suit potential may follow, with details pending.
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PHILADELPHIA
Romulo Terrero
Manoe
Juan Silva
Terrero
Terreros
Dr. Silva
Luis Saenz
Dr. Terrero
Iris
Youth Drowns at Lum's Pond State Park in Delaware
An 18 year old from Upper Darby Township near Philadelphia drowned at Lum's Pond State Park near Newark Delaware after slipping from an inner tube and being unable to reach shore. Rescue squad recovered the body shortly after.
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NEWARK
Del
Pennsylvania
Lum’s Pond State Park
here
Gregory Jefferson
Upper Darby Township
Philadelphia
Congress To Probe Gas Dumping Plan
Congress will hold hearings in both chambers on the Pentagon plan to ship 68 tons of nerve gas to the Atlantic for dumping. Testimony will include Army, State, Interior and Welfare officials. hearings target the coast near Southport, North Carolina, with trains moving from Anniston Alabama and Lexington Kentucky toward the coast.
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WASHINGTON
Congress
Pentagon
Atlantic Ocean
Defense Department
Paul Rogers
D-Fla
Army
departments of State, Interior and Welfare
House
merchant marine
Pears Among Early Fruit Trees and Perry Production
The pear is one of the earliest known fruit trees related to the rose and apple families. Europeans use large quantities of pears to produce pear cider, known as perry.
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NEW YORK
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US Mint
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Jefersontown
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Jane Doe
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John Jeaves
rit
Olby
Steinwehr Avenue
Gettysburg
Gettysburg, Pa
DOMINO LOUNGE
Tommy
Buchanan
GTP PO
Washington, D.C
iPlease
MEXICO CITY
Luis Echeverria
Nixon
Lawrence FE. Walsh
standing committee on the federal judiciary
American Bar Association
ABA
Supreme Court
DAVID P. KING INC
YORK
Moe
Rea & Derick Drugs
SDADDY
DONALS DUCK
Nipwepapee
Heli
NORTHWOOD INSTITUTE
MIDLAND
MICHIGAN
WEST BADEN
CEDAR HILL
TEXAS
Holiday Inn
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