Helicopter service proves boon to rushing traveler
AP Newswriter Wes Cook reports helicopters are expanding from military use to civil roles in mail cargo and passenger service. New York Los Angeles operators add 15 passenger rotaries serving 24 communities. By 1970 Port Authority projects five million passengers through Manhattan while aviation groups foresee rapid jet powered growth. Authorities cite high costs and regulatory hurdles as challenges yet expect improvements in speed and reliability with future multi engine and vertical takeoff designs.
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Wes Cook
Tremenselicopter
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
New York Airways
Helicopter Airways
Los Angeles Airways
Santa Ana
New York Port Authority
Manhattan
San Francisco
Helicopter Council of the
Aviation Industries Assn
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Robert L. Cummins Jr
Air League of the British Empire
GOP Maps Tactics In District Battle
J Harold Sams told district Republicans he will not use Rep George Shuford health as a campaign issue amid a North Carolina 12th District contest. The party planned a September cavalcade through Buncombe Cherokee Clay Graham Haywood Henderson Jackson Macon Swain and Transylvania counties ending in Asheville to meet national chair Meade Alcorn and launch offices in Charlotte and other sites. The meeting in Dillsboro included district leaders from all 10 counties.
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Dillsboro
N. C
J. Harold Sams
George Shuford
Sams
Shuford
Asheville
Weimar Jones
Franklin Press
Western North Carolina Press Assn
Orville Coward
Sylva
GOP
Coward
William Cobb
Morganton
Dick Clarke
Hendersonville
U.S
Everett Jordan
Cherokee County
Meade Alcorn
Buncombe
Cherokee
Clay
Graham
Haywood
Henderson
Jackson
Macon
Swain
Translyvania
Clarke
Doors Made From Doors Build A Warehouse Oddity
In Charlotte on Hutchinson Avenue a warehouse by S. L. Suggs uses 150 doors. Secondhand doors, some engraved or painted with quirky labels, were repurposed to form the structure. Suggs notes the project saved lumber and took four men two weeks to complete.
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Gentle
Port Is Stop On Air Cruise From Philadelphia
About 30 light private planes depart Philadelphia for a 2300 mile air cruise to Mexico City. Sponsored by the Philadelphia Junior Chamber of Commerce the contest ends July 22 with winners judged by efficiency time to fuel ratio.
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Philadelphia
Meico City
S.C
Atlanta
Montgomery
Ala
Jackson, Miss
Shreveport
Austin
Texas
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Tampico
Mexico
Mexico City
Bernard Goldfine A Controlling Boston Textile Tycoon
Bernard Goldfine, a prominent Boston textile figure, is described as a restless, self aware booster who seeks universal approval. The profile portrays his ego driven habit of handshakes and gifts, immense phone bills, constant travel by private means, and a life split between a modest Chestnut Hill home and expansive business dealings. He rose from poverty in Russia, values economy yet spends lavishly on meals, tips, and conference calls, and his personal life includes marriage to Cynthia Goldfine, with a notable incident regarding Sherman Adams and a watch he offered back to congress.
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Saul Pett
Boston
Bernard
King Fish
U. S
Goldfine
Russia
Bernard Galatias
Wil
Bernard Goldfine
Chestnut Hill
Horace
Europe
Canada
Sherman Adams
Parker House
Cynthia
Johnny Howard
Fabulous Finster
Howard
Franklin Invents Bifocals Amid Spectacle Invention Debate
The origin of spectacles remains unclear but Benjamin Franklin is credited with developing bifocals. The note highlights Franklin's contribution as a key advancement in vision aids.
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Benjamin Franklin
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Raymond Sawyer
U. S. Civil Aeronautics Board
Helicopter Assn. of America
Goldfines
Mr. B
Solomon Goldfine
Cynthia Goldfine
Congressional
Adams
Marinello
Continental Beauty College Arcade
N. Main St
Ladies Home Journal
America
Stauffer
Dept
Wilshire Blvd
Calif
Ture
High Point
S. Main
Modern Complete
Walt Nade
Gilbert
G. Hamlet
W. Washington St
Carolina Soute Supply CO
W. Commerce
Lady Sheaffer
Sheaffer
Jewelers
Sechrest
J. W. Sechrest and Son
Quatral
Sewice
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