Unwieldy Diesel Engines Tamed By Post Inventor
Bill Prock of the Automotive Technical Branch designed a rigid sling to lift large diesel power packs from self propelled artillery vehicles. The device prevents twisting, uses supple chains to hook the packs, and was first built by MSgt. Roy Jenkins. It has proven successful and is now used daily, with European NCOs taking the plans home to replicate.
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Bill Prock
Artillery Transport Department
Automotive Technical Branch
Europe
Prock
Msgt
Roy Jenkins
NCO
More Contributions Needed To Wage Screwworm Fight
A program to eradicate the screwworm pest in the southwest faces ending March 41 without $1,000,000 in private gifts. The sterile-male technique reduced populations in Florida and Mississippi, but money shortages end the drive to create a buffer zone along the Texas border and halt northward migration. Local leaders urge statewide fundraising to resume the effort.
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United States
Florida
Mississippi
Southwest Animal*Health Research Foundation of Texas
Texas
Lewis Haydock
Traffic Pole Kills 2 Girls in Dallas Intersection
A traffic light pole felled by a car fatally injured Eva Thompson 51 and another bystander after a vehicle struck the pole at a downtown Dallas intersection. Officers pursued and captured the 15 year old driver and an 11 year old passenger. Names withheld pending criminal filing. both girls placed with juvenile authorities.
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Dallas
Tex
API
Eva Thompson
Frank Martin
Cities bid to host 1964 Republican National Convention
UPI reports Washington May present cases March 4 to the GOP Site Committee. National Chairman William E Miller says Detroit Chicago Philadelphia and San Francisco have submitted bids with several other cities showing interest.
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Washington
UPI
GOP National Committee
William E. Miller
Detroit
Chicago
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Chivalrous bandits rob bar in Alhambra refuses to take money
In Alhambra California two bandits robbed a bartender and six men of 1350 dollars while sparing four women in the bar. The incident occurred Thursday night and the attackers left without harming anyone.
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Alhambra, Calif
UPI
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