Major Change Looms For Air Transportation Industry
Washington reports a proposal for a third level of air service, creating a new class of scheduled airlines beside major trunk carriers and local service lines. Proponents argue the industry is contracting as big carriers focus on long haul and locals become regional, urging a threshold of about five passengers daily to qualify for scheduled service.
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Washington
API
America
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Congress
Hi - Plains Airways
Kansas
Colorado
Nebraska
Dakotas
Aero Commander
Thomas J. Harris
Harris
Bethany
Okla
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Air Line Pilots Association
ALPA
Air Taxi Conference
Red Bank
N. J
Mohawk
White River dam and pipeline bids tabulated for four towns
Crosbyton Texas bids for the White River dam and water pipeline project serving Crosbyton Ralls Post and Spur were opened with six phases including dam filter plant and storage. Engineers Freese Nichols Endress will study bids for final awards. project cost about 3.275 million dollars.
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Crosbyton
White River
South Plains
Robert Work
Freese, Nichols and Endress
Fort Worth
Water District
Ralls
Post
Spur
Water District Board
Water Board
Steve Luce Construction Co
Vernon
Talon Construction Co
Texarkana
Steed Construction Co
Black, Siralls & Bryson
Odessa
Berkeley Pump Co
Berkeley
Calif
Birgitta Ahlberg Earns Medical Degree After Hard Battle
Birgitta Ahlberg, a Swedish woman who lost her right arm in a 1958 plane accident in Greensboro, earns the Doctor of Medicine degree in Stockholm. Ahlberg credits North and South Carolina benefactors and her resilience for funding surgeries and education that enabled her path toward psychiatry.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Birgitta Ahlberg
North
South Carolina
Birgitta
Greensboro
N.C
Carolinas
Government Seizes Mouse Trap Purchases From Pentagon
The Defense Supply Agency ceded rat and mouse trap buying to the General Services Administration. The DAS had reduced trap styles to two and questioned the annual quantity and spending. A GSA official suggested an all purpose model for rats and mice.
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Washington
Defense Supply Agency
Pentagon
General Services Administration
GSA
Army
Navy
Marines
Air Force
Interagency
Survivors In Family Remain In Hospital
Six members of the John T. Edwards family from Lacombe Louisiana remained in hospital in Wichita Falls in serious to fair condition after a Wednesday car truck collision. Edwards died from his injuries. Dorothy Edwards age 33 is in serious condition. Children Tommy 13 Nancy 9 Margie 4 are in serious condition with lacerations and head injuries. Janet 8 and Lynn 6 are in fair condition with multiple broken bones.
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Wichita Falls
UPI
John T. Edwards
Lacombe
Edwards
Dorothy Edwards
Tommy
Nancy
Margie
Janet
Lynn
Chinese envoy arrives in Laos to recognize Peiping government
In Vientiane the Chinese diplomat Liu Chun presented credentials as charge d affaires to Acting Foreign Minister Khamsouk Keola marking a fast follow up to Laos coalition regime recognition of Peiping. He arrived on the same plane that brought back Acting Prime Minister Souphanouvong from Pathet Lao headquarters.
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Vientiane
Laos
Peiping
Peiping Radio
Liu Chun
Khamsouk Keola
Souphanouvong
Pathet Lao
General Will Speak At Division Reunion
Maj. Gen. Selden Simpson commander of the 36th Infantry Division will be the keynote speaker September 1 at the 37th annual reunion of the 36th Division Association in Abilene. New officers will be elected and Lt. Col. John Garner of Corsicana leads the organization.
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Fort Polk
Selden Simpson
36Th Infantry Division
36Th Division Association
Abilene
John Garner
Corsicana
Seven Die In Head On Crash In Waller County
A car running without lights collided head on with a National Steel Co. truck on US Highway 290 near Waller, killing Cary Jackson 53 and his wife Vera Catherine 38 and five children Johnny 12 Larry 8 Nina 6 Sheila 2 Mary Elizabeth 18. Debo rah Jackson 10 survived with injuries along with truck driver W C Hagerty 56.
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Waller
U.S. 290
Cary Jackson
Vera Catherine
Johnny
Larry
Nina
Sheila
Mary Elizabeth Jackson
Jackson
Deborah
Los Angeles
Harris County
Houston
Hagerty
National Steel Co
Larry Jackson
Ben Bella pushes one party rule backed by army in Oran
Ben Bella, returning to Oran, calls for a single disciplined party led by the army to advance the revolution while rivals led by Premier Ben Khedda urge unity with a socialist state. Ben Bella insists unity must support revolution goals, delaying plans to meet in Algiers.
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Army
Ben Bella
Oran
Algeria
Ahmed Ben Bella
National Council
Ben Youssef Ben Khedda
Oran Throng
Ben Khedda
Algiers
Rabat
Morocco
Telstar relays U S Britain voice call via space
Telstar carried a 10 minute transatlantic telephone talk between scientists in Britain and engineers in Andover Maine. The British called the transmission very satisfactory while plans for a televised link were postponed.
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New York
Telstar
United States
Britain
Andover
Maine
France
BBC
Earth
U.S
American Telephone & Telegraph
At&t
London
Post Office
Goonhilly Downs
Cornwall
Thieves Take $63,000 From Armored Truck In Waltham
Two guards at the Baird Atomic Company in Waltham discovered their armored truck had been robbed of about $63,000 while they cashed checks for employees. The thieves used a duplicate key to enter, punctured the right rear tire, and left within 30 minutes. Guards James Barr and Anthony D Agnese reported the loss after a plant employee noted the flat tire.
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Waltham, Mass
UPI
James Barr
Brink
New England
Barr
Anthony D’agnese
Baird Atomic Company
FBI
Armored Banking Service
Lynn
D’agnese
Armored Car Service
D'Agnese
That
Charles Holliday
Swedish Art Glass Began In World War I
Orrefors Sweden a small community with about 280 glassworkers of 800 residents produced Sweden’s first art glass during World War I. Today its glassware and crystal are world famed reflecting local craft and history.
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Orrefors
Sweden
Red China population tops 700 million in private survey
A private survey using official 1957 population figures estimates Red China's population at 711,321,965, suggesting a total over 700 million. The figures derive from data covering June 193 to December 1957 and are attributed to AP reports from Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Armed Pair Rob Bank in Atkins Arkansas
Two men armed with pistols held up Bank of Atkins near noon and forced three employees into a safe. They took between 15000 and 26010 dollars in small bills from cashier cages while bypassing most of the cash in the vault. No injuries reported.
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Atkins, Arke
APD
Atkins
Continental to Launch First Pure Jet Service at Dallas
Continental Air Lines will inaugurate its first pure jet service at Dallas this Friday. New Boeing 720B flights will link Dallas with El Paso, Midland Odessa, and Albuquerque with connections to Los Angeles and Denver.
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Dallas
Continental Airlines
el Paso
Midhand-Odessa
Albuquerque
Los Angeles
Denver
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Bell Telephone Laboratories
Globe
Eugene J. McNeely
McNeely
Jacques Marette
Great Britain
British Post Office
Cape Canaveral
England
State Department
U.S. Information Agency
Federal Communications Commission
Catile
Caracas
Venezuela
Zulia
Lake Maracaibo
Danvers
Mass
Vicetoria Vaughan
Lazzybones
Portland
Ore
Kentucky
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Wilderness Road
Thomas Walker
Daniel Boone
China
Arkansas Bank
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