Historic mission reenacted by Hiroshima bomber pilot in Texas
Watched by about 40 000 people, Paul Tibbets piloted a B29 named Fifi over Harlingen Texas in an Airshow 76 weekend fundraiser for the Confederate Air Force CAF to support its Ghost Squadrons aircraft restoration efforts. The event replayed the Enola Gay mission with an atomic bomb simulation while a demolition team staged an explosive cloud.
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Harlingen
Tex
Hiroshima
Japan
Paul Tibbets
Air Force
Rio Grande City
Tibbets
Victor Agarther
Confederate Air Force
CAF
U.S. Army
Balloonist Ed Yost Rescued After Atlantic Landing
American balloonist Ed Yost, 57, rescued 250 miles east of the Azores after a 107 hour flight cover of about 2,500 miles. Yost, aiming to cross the ocean solo, was forced down by strong winds and ran low on ballast and helium before a West German freighter Elisabeth Bolten picked him up for transport to Gibraltar.
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Ponta Delgada
Azores
Ed Yost
Yost
Atlantic Ocean
Washington
H. Kaulen
H. Berliner
Elisabeth Bolten
Gibraltar
Sioux Falls
S.D
Maine
Norway
Spain
Portugal
Portu
U.S
Lajes
Lisbon
Seven Die On Arkansas Highways Weekend Toll Rises
Seven people died on Arkansas highways over the weekend, lifting the yearly traffic death toll to 424. Victims include Gregory Gulley a 9 year old from Rosston and Freddie Smith 53 of Texarkana. other deaths occurred in Mil ler County near Texarkana and across several counties.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Gregory Levell Gulley
Rosston
Freddie Smith
Texarkana
Tex
Gulley
James R. Chisholm
West Monroe
Willisville
Nevada County
Smith
Miller County
Brenda Gibson
Stuttgart
England
Patrick Shelton
van Buren
Paula Daniels
Maga
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Bill M. Browning
Charles Steve Cox
National Merit Scholarships Corporation
Don Sillavan
Hope High School
Bill
Clyde Browning
Steve
Merlin Cox
Monticello
Arkansas Department OF Parks and Tourism
Naval Aviation Team
Georgia
Zine
Paris
James Porter
Morriston
Clarence McKeowan
Jim Harris
The
Hope Star
Evening Lions Club
Harris
Dee McMurrough
Evening Lions
David Stewart
Jason
Noon Lions Club
Fabric Shop
Hervey Hope
Ark
Wargrove
Poly- King
Chambray
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