Douglas aircraft dynasty split over future of flight
In Santa Monica California Donald Douglas Jr and Donald Douglas Sr dispute the company path. The father foresees a share of aviation while the son pursues Mach 3 airliners and space era ambitions, with missiles favored by the elder. Their clash shapes the billion dollar empire’s next moves.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Douglas Aircraft Dynasty
Donald Douglas Sr
Douglas
Don Jr
Don Sr
Douglas Sr
Don
Douglases
Donald Douglas
Alert Shack Duty At Seymour Johnson AFB
A vivid profile of the 482nd Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base detailing the round the clock alert shack and two pilots on duty. The piece describes scramble procedures from the hangar to the runway, if an unidentified aircraft appears, and the routine of awaiting orders while coffee and cards break the tension.
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Goldsboro
N.C
482Nd
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
Shack
White House Boss Wilton Persons Keeps Things Running
Wilton B. Persons, 64, long-time Army veteran and White House liaison to Congress, manages daily operations as President Eisenhower travels. A trusted, gregarious Southerner, he rose to major general, then served as Ike’s aide and advisor since 1958, with plans to retire Jan 20. Born Montgomery, Alabama January 19, 1896, he studied at Auburn and Harvard Business School.
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Wilton B. Persons
White House
Washington
Persons
Eisenhower
Army
Florida
Staunton
Supreme Headquarters
NATO Powers
Paris
Congress
Capitol Hill
Jerry Persons
Sherman Adams
Adams
Boston
Nation
Montgomery
Ala
Auburn
Harvard Business School
AEF
France
Germany
Thomas Jefferson’s Paris book shopping on the sidewalk
The text notes Thomas Jefferson as an avid book collector who spent hours browsing sidewalk carts of book peddlers in Paris.
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Thomas Jefferson
Paris
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Los Angles
New York
Seymour Johnson Base
Wilton
Latin America
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Lila Moore Keen
FINE
Greensboro
Piedmont
West Washington St
Frigidaire
Owen
Callie
America
Frigidaire Freezer
S. Wrenn ST
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