High-Speed Tokyo Express Reshapes Travel Between Cities
The Hikari high speed express train now shaves three hours and 10 minutes from Tokyo Osaka travel, running 322 miles in that time with 26 daily trips. The rails cut airline passenger traffic by 28 percent on Tokyo Osaka in November and 25 percent on All Japan Airlines, which faces no countermeasures. The all-reserved cars and faultless ride have prompted airline planners to reexamine city center to airport links, though helicopter plans were dropped as cost prohibitive.
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Tokyo
Osaka
Hikari
Japan Air Lines
Tokyo Osaka
Japan Air Line
Tokyo-Osaka
All Japan Airlines
Fukuoka
Sapporo
Nagoya
Kyoto
Maugham Estate Estimated At Over 5.6 Million
London AP reports British newspapers estimate the estate of W. Somerset Maugham at more than 5.6 million dollars. Royalties from films plays and TV adaptations are expected to continue. Primary beneficiaries include Alan Searle daughter Lady Glendevon and the Royal Literary Fund. cremation in Marseille and ashes to be buried at Canterbury Wednesday.
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W. Somerset Maugham
Alan F. Searle
Lady Glendevon
Royal Literary Fund
Maugham
Marseille
Kings School
Canterbury
Beech Aircraft Reports Record Year and Growth
Beech Aircraft Corp. reports net earnings after taxes for fiscal 1965 up 61 percent from 1964 at its annual stockholders meeting in Wichita. All officers led by Mrs. O. A. Beech are reelected. Employment rose from 4,000 four years ago to 8,200 by December 1.
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Wichita
Beech Aircraft Corp
O. A. Beech
Frank E. Hedrick
Beech
Kentucky High Schools May Face Reform Under UK Entrance Plan
A State Education Department official says tougher entrance requirements by the University of Kentucky will compel about 35 percent of Kentucky's 427 high schools to improve their programs.
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Frankfort
State Education Department
University of Kentucky
Kentucky
Electric Hand Coming London
The Minis try of Health says Britain's first electric hand device is due to arrive in London as part of a new health technology push.
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Ministry of Health
Britain
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