Lindbergh Lands at Le Bourget in Front of Paris Crowd
Captain Charles A. Lindbergh landed the Spirit of St Louis at Le Bourget Field after a 3600 mile nonstop flight from New York to Paris winning the Orteig prize. A vast crowd surged around the plane as Lindbergh, exhausted yet elated, was escorted to the ambassador’s pavilion for a reception.
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France
Charles A. Lindbergh
Roosevelt Field
Long Island
le Bourget Field
Paris
Air Mail
Spirit of
Coste
Rignot
Persia
New
York
Lindbergh
Myron T.) Herrick
Lindbergh Automobile
Herrick
Thaden recalls Lindbergh as close friend and aviation pioneer
Mrs. Thaden, widow of Herb Thaden, describes a close-knit aviation circle including Lindbergh and peers like Hughes Earhart and Rickenbacker. She recalls a Wichita visit where the Lindberghs enjoyed a private, relaxed afternoon, and notes Lindbergh's WWII contributions, sustained interests, and grief at his 1974 Hawaii death.
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Thadens
Lindberghs
Mrs. Thaden
Herb
Howard Hughes
Amelia Earhart
Eddie Rickenbacker
Amelia
Lindbergh
Atlantic
Thaden
Wall Street Journal
Thaden Engineering
High Point
Hawaii
Two Suspects In Heiress Murder Arrested In Phoenix
Howard Willard and Marjorie Pollitt, both of Mooresville Ind, were arraigned on murder charges in the death of Indianapolis grocery heiress Marjorie Jackson. They were held on 1 million dollar bonds after arrest in a Phoenix mobile home park where they registered under false names with an Arkansas plated motor home.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Indianapolis
Howard Willard
Marjorie Pollitt
Mooresville
Ind
U.S
Richard Gormley
Marjorie Jackson
Willard
Pollitt
North Phoenix
Robertine Anderson
Ringgold
Arkansas
FBI
Manuel Lee Robinson
Annie Young
John Williams
Williams
SALT talks and U S Korea troop withdrawal in flux
Report covers SALT II negotiations with U S and Soviet officials and a staged timetable for weapon restraints, plus Carter administration talks on withdrawing 32 000 U S ground troops from South Korea over five years as Gen George Brown and other officials prepare to visit Seoul. It notes Singlaub’s criticism and possible disciplinary action, and describes a major cash seizure linked to a separate crime case in Indianapolis with multiple arrests and charges.
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Washington
Carter
U.S
South Korea
White House
Seoul
Defense
Harold Brown
Warren Christopher
Philip Habib
George Brown
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Brown
Habib
John K. Singlaub
Singlaub
New York
Case
Young Ambassador Urges White South Africans to End Apartheid
Ambassador Andrew Young arrives in white dominated South Africa to urge business leaders and students to abandon racial separation. He warns apartheid will isolate the country economically and diplomatically, noting South Africa needs $500 million yearly capital and citing critics among mining magnate Harry Oppenheimer and others.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Andrew Young
Young
Maputo
Mozambique
U.N
Rhodesia
Woust Africa
Africa
Unof
Robert Sobukwe
R.F. Botha
U.S. State Department
Harry Oppenheimer
Weekend weather outlook for Triad region
Fair and cool conditions with cloud cover extend through the weekend in the Triad. North Carolina sees low rain chances with fog in the morning and a few showers or thundershowers west and south in the afternoon and evening. Highs in the 70s, lows mostly 60s, mountain 50s. South Carolina has variable clouds with a 20 percent rain chance today tonight and Sunday, with highs in the 70s to 80s and nights in the 60s. Winds northeast at 10 mph, sunset 8 23 p m, sunrise 6 09 a m.
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South Carolina
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