North Central Plans Jet Conversion to Prop Jets
North Central Airlines will convert 20 Convair 440s to Allison 580 prop jets with option on 11 more, aiming for all jet fleet by 1968. The move, using Convair 580s and DC-9s on order, accompanies phasing out DC3s as DC9s arrive next spring. the carrier cites faster speeds, higher cruising altitude, and expanded seating. The airline notes a perfect safety record since 1948 with nearly 13 million passengers carried and 2.114 billion passenger miles flown without fatalities.
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Minneapolis
Minn
North Central Airlines
Hal N. Carr
North Central
Carr
Word boycott traces to Captain Boycott name origin
The term boycott comes from Captain Charles Boycott, an English land agent of the 19th century. His harsh treatment of Irish tenants led locals to shun him and his family, giving rise to the modern usage of the word.
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Boycott
Capt
Charles Boycott
Defendant Denies Deliberate Killing of Rockford Girl
Rus sell Dewey 25 testified he killed 11 year old Susan Brady accidentally, not deliberately, in Rockford. He claimed he struck the girl with his car and panicked, burning her body in a steel drum before dumping ashes at a dump. The jury was to begin deliberations after closing arguments.
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Rockford
Sycamore
Ill
Russell Dewey
Susan Brady
Dewey
Charles Seidel
Susan
Christine Amling
Roy Lasswell
Patricia Benner
Brenner
Ardenne Carlson
Carlson
Air show planned at Wings over Holiday Airfield
WYEVILLE Wis The Oakdale Area Development Association will sponsor an air show and fly in at the Wings over Holiday Airfield Holiday Lodge one half mile south of STH 21 at Wyeville Sunday. Sky diving exhibitions are scheduled at 1 3 5 and 7 p.m Wayne Flickinger of Osceola Wis will perform aerial acrobatics at 2 4 and 6 p.m. The lodge has a 2100 foot lighted runway and control building refreshments will be served on the field and picnic campgrounds available.
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Wyeville
Wis
Oakdale Area Development Association
Holiday Lodge
Wayne Flickinger
Osceola
Australian Force Batters Viet Cong
Australian infantrymen hunted remnants of a North Vietnamese battalion southeast of Saigon after artillery fire and heavy combat, with at least 227 enemy killed. Westmoreland hailed the action as a significant victory while U.S. air power hammered targets across North Vietnam and in the panhandle. More than 1,000 fresh U.S. troops arrived in Qui Nhon today as the force in South Vietnam nears 300,000.
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John Cantwell
Saigon
South Viet Nam
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Panhandle
Qui Nhon
1St Air Cavalry Division
An Khe
Westmoreland
Hanoi
Haiphong
Nam Dinh
Ed Wnee
Tay Ninh
Cam Lo River
Thu Thien
Today in History August 20 1966 Digest
On this date in history, notable events include the first comprehensive demonstration of television reception in 1930 in New York City, Alaska discovered in 1741, and key World War I and U S milestones. The timeline recalls Eisenhower, Johnson, and Kennedy era notes across decades.
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Associated Press
New York City
Alaska
Vitas Bering
U.S
New York Harbor
Brussels
United States
International Labor Organization
Britain
Red China
Communist China
Eisenhower
State Department
Lyndon Johnson
West
Tomah Boy Injured in Highway Collision
Tomah nine year old Thomas Conner, son of Bernard and Mrs. Conner of rural Tomah, suffered head and leg injuries in a collision with a dump truck owned by the Town of La Grange Friday. The accident occurred in a Tomah area ditch and the truck was driven by Robert Welch of Tomah R1. Thomas was taken to Tomah Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition.
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Tomah
Wis
Thomas Conner
Bernard Conner
la Grange
Robert Welch
U S Forces Begin Rebuilding Hoa Vang Village After Crash
U S Marines and Navy units moved into Hoa Vang village near Da Nang to aid recovery after a Wednesday F8E Crusader crash killed 29 civilians. A tent city was set up to house the homeless with food and cooking facilities as 74 homes were destroyed and 11 villagers injured.
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DA Nang
Viet Nam
U.S. Marine
Navy
Hoa Vang
Monroe Man Killed In Quarry Accident
Edward H. Maher of Monroe, 54, died from injuries after being pinned between two gravel trucks in a quarry north of Monroe. Coroner Richard Wagner said a parked truck’s brakes failed, allowing the moving vehicle to pin him against another truck.
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Monroe
Edward H. Maher
Green County
Richard Wagner
Maher
Minnesotan Injured in La Crosse Traffic Crash
A Minnesota man suffered leg injuries in a two car crash at 1 50 a m Saturday at 5th and King Streets La Crosse Police took Gary Christopher 19 Preston to Lutheran Hospital for treatment injuries to both legs He was a passenger in a car driven by Dean Ingvalson 19 Preston The other driver was Ronald J Groth West Allis.
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la Crosse
Gary Christopher
Preston
Minn
Lutheran Hospital
5Th
King Streets
Christopher
Dean Ingovalson
Ronald J. Groth
West Allis
Teenagers Drive Attendance Boost at Wisconsin State Fair
Milwaukee AP reports teenagers admitted free to the Wisconsin State Fair helped lift attendance beyond 783 000 this year. Through Friday officials logged over 132 000 attendees that day, with Milwaukee entries dominating award shows in baton twirling drum corps and rock exhibitions. The Perry Como show drew smaller crowds in the grandstand while livestock judging and high school band finals rounded out the program. Fort Atkinson figures led Holstein judging with champion and reserve champions. Jersey judging produced eight firsts for Alfred Barlass and sons of Janesville.
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Milwaukee
Como
Harold W. Draeger
Fort Atkinson
Allen Hetts
Jefferson County
Sheboygan
Walworth
Washington
Alfred Barlass and Sons
Janesville
Jersey
Charles S. Kelly
Hudson
Iranna Farms
Salem
Harvey Nelson and Sons of
Union Grove
Five dead in Minnesota two car collision near Fosston
A head on crash on U.S. 2 southeast of Fosston killed five people from a Canadian family and a Bagley couple. Three Canadian relatives were injured, while two drivers died at the scene and hospital treatment continued for other survivors.
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Fosston, Minn
Bagley, Minn
Fosston
U.S. 2
Minnesota
Highway Patrol
Peter Krog
Neva
Bagley
Walter J. Davies
Joan
Kathryn
Estevan
Sask
Davies
Richard Davies
St. Ansgar’s Hospital
Moorhead
Minn
Beckrich
Cloquet
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