Powder Puff Fliers Land in Alabama
Powder Puff Derby teams arrived in Montgomery for an overnight rest as the 2,709 mile cross country flight from San Diego to Atlantic City resumes. Ninety entrants, including Dorothy Warren and Emily Anderson, faced weather delays with several crews diverting to Midland and El Paso. The race uses a handicap system to determine the winner and prize of 4,000 dollars.
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Montgomery
Ala
San Diego
Calif
Atlantic City
Hagerstown
Tive Teams
Dallas
Tex
Dorothy Warren
Emily Anderson
Grace Harris
Dorris Funk
Margaret Petty
Jill McCormack
Marion Burke
San Antonis
Evelyn Kelly
Junipern Ave
Long Beach
Paso
Téx
el Paso
Wes Texas
Midland
Abilene
Warren
Ghanaian president heads to Moscow on Russian jet
Accra Ghana Vice President Kwame Khrumah departed for Moscow aboard a Russian built Tyushin 18 aircraft purchased for Ghana Airways. The trip aims to strengthen ties and review aviation arrangements between Accra and Moscow, with officials confirming the delegation's schedule.
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Nmutmniah
Moscow
Accra
Ghana
VPI
Kwame Khrumah
Ghana Airways
French List Algiers Teil Reports Army Losses
Defense Minister Pierre Messmer said Sunday that six years of fighting in Algeria have cost France more than 15,000 soldiers killed and 23,200 wounded. He did not disclose civilian casualties and noted some soldiers captured by rebels.
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Paris
UPD
Algeria
Mre
Defense
Pierre Messmer
Messmer
Space Train project under way at Aeronutronic Newport Beach
Scientists at Ford Aeronutronic Newport Beach announced progress on a three stage space train concept for the Air Force under a Space Systems contract. The plan envisions a command cab with retro rockets a middle propulsion unit and detachable laboratory cars connected by telescoping structures. Researchers emphasize need for durable materials able to withstand space conditions and inflatable and rigid panel options.
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Newport Beach
Ford
Aeronutronic
Seymour Lampert
Space Systems
Aeromechanics
All
Aeronautical Systems Division
Air Force
Earth
Lampert
George J. Mills
Research Laboratories
Billions for Science Aims to Boost U S Research
Washington reviews a plan urging a $50 billion spend by 1970 to expand science education and basic research. The NSF report Forecasting the nation's science needs for the next decade warns without this investment the United States risks welfare, prosperity, and security.
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Washington
National Science Foundation
Kennedy
NSF
United States
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Luis Emilio Montes de Oro
Joaquin Balaguer
NOME
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Algiers
Teil
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Swift
Dooley's Hardware Mart
Long Beach Blvd
Molar
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Feho
Br. Gowen's
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