9 000 Mile Long Shooting Gallery
Air Force Captain Roy Johnson manages a Pershing missile test from Grand Bahama Island as part of Cape Canaveral’s 9,000 mile long shooting gallery. The test gathered over 100 000 bits of data on speed temperatures pressures and engine performance from tracking stations Eleuthera San Salvador and Grand Bahama and supported by Pan American World Airways RCA and Military Air Transport Service.
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Cape Canaveral
Fila
Air Force
Roy Johnson
Grand Bahama Island
Johnson
Grand Bahama
Eleuthera
San Salvador
Caribbean
South Atlantic
Indian Ocean
America
Pretoria
South Africa
Fernando de Noronha
Ascension
The
Leighton I. Davis
Pan American Sould Airways
RCA Service Co
Radio Corporation of America
Military Air Transport Service
Canaveral
Bonuses Across the Range Personnel at Down Range Stations
The article describes expanding down range stations with more personnel and complex tracking systems. It profiles Bill Macoughtry of Grand Bahama and outlines bonus pay, food, lodging, leave, and tax benefits for crews abroad, plus living conditions, station nicknames, and reassignment practices at remote locations like Ascension and Pretoria.
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Bill Macoughtry
Charles Town
W. Va
Grand Bahama
Azusa
Oi Shar
Venus
United States
Macoughtry
Pan American
RCA
Islands
Ascension
Pretoria
Atlantic
Antigua
St. Lucia
Fernando de Noronha
Recife
Trinidad
South Africa
Indian Ocean
Valley of the Moon
School Directors elect Scheetz as board chairman in Coshocton
Columbus AP: Directors of the School Management Institute have elected Paul F. Scheetz of the Coshocton city Board of Education as chairman. Superintendent Ralph Mikesell of Eaton was named vice chairman.
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Columbus Ohio
School Management Institute
Paul F. Scheetz
Coshocton City
Stamp to mark 150 years of peace with Canada questioned
Postmaster General Day favors issuing a special stamp for the 150th anniversary of peace with Canada but delays due to a current U S Canadian dispute over defense policies. Rep Mosher notes Canada’s political crisis could affect a decision while elections in Canada approach. He links the stamp to the War of 1812 and the Battle of Lake Erie.
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Washington
Day Favors
United States
Canada
Days
Charles A. Mosher
Ohio
Ciada
John Diefenbaker
Mosher
Ori
Great Lakes
Lake
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Meleuthera
Sayaguana
Grand Turk
South America
Points South Atlantic
Tlantic
Earth
Hotpoint
Central Ave
Scheetz
Day
U.s.-Canada
Erie
John
Harry's Corner
Amtico
Formica
Orig
Middletown
Verity
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