Flour Sack Incident Sparks Air Force Navy Rivalry
The 1920s flour sack stunt by an Army flyer sparked a long running dispute over service missions. Today tensions swirl around missile and bomber roles, Navy carrier reach, and Air Force plans for Talos and Nike systems amid Congress scrutiny and Eisenhower remarks.
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Washington
Air Force
Army
Defense Department
Curtis E. LeMay
Strategic Air Command
Nathan F. Twining
Director of Bureau of Purchases Retiring
MADISON Wisconsin official F X Colonel Ritger director of the Bureau of Purchases since 1929 will retire September 1 He has served as a state employee since 1911 except for two years in World War I A successor will be appointed by Governor Kohler Jr from three civil service nominees
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Madison
F. X
Ritger
Bureau of Purchases
Walter Kohler Sr
Walter Kohler Jr
Blind Students Hike Across Grand Canyon
Six students from the state school for the blind in Tucson completed a 21 mile hike from Hopi Point to Bright Angel Point under guide Charles A. Thornton. They traversed the canyon over about 12 hours with safety ropes and coordinated stepping to avoid a fall of thousands of feet.
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Tucson
Ariz
State School For the Blind
Grand Canyon
Charles A. Thornton
Great Gorge
Hopi Point
Bright Angel Point
Thornton
Game Department Worker Drowns in Lake Winnebago
Harold Trasser a 34 year old Conservation Department fish division worker drowned after he fell between two barges into 15 feet of water while on a rough fish removal project on Lake Winnebago Saturday.
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Fond DU Lac
Harold Trasser
Conservation Department
Fish Division
Lake
Winnebago
British May Relax Rule In Cyprus
London reports talks underway between Governor Field Marshal Sir John Harding and Britain on a plan to ease British control of Cyprus a key Middle East base. Security around Northolt was tight after rumors of assassination attempts while authorities disclosed a mid May arms raid in the island’s mountains netting 17 militants two with bounty offers.
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London
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Britain
Sir John Harding
Northolt
England
Harding
Greece
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Associated Press
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Naval Operations
Burke
Eisenhower
Navy
U.S. Navy
Crescent
Jewelers
Main St
la Crosse
America
Mueller Climatrol
South Third Street
Mueller
Standorf Heating Service
Prairie du Chien, Wis
Flom & Forsyth
Houston, Minn
Joseph Fritsch
Sparta
Wis
Clarence’s Pleg. & Heating
la Crescent, Minn
George Poehling
Bangor, Wis
Central Hardware CO
Tomah, Wis
Homstad Lumber CO
Black River Falls, Wis
Schneider Heating Service
Rice Lake
Peterson Hardware CO
Ettrick, Wis
W. E. Walters
Hillsboro, Wis
Emmie
Game Department
Pfafflin's
Electric City Dial
Sth & Cass ST
P.M
Red Owl
B. Bag
Nica
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