Is B70 a sales display or poorly kept secret
Behind a tall fence in a vast building on Los Angeles southern fringe lies a stark paradox the B70 Valkyrie bomber mock up roars as a sales display yet represents one of Americas most closely guarded military secrets The 150 foot long full scale model sits before a desert mural and symbolizes a technology designed to compress time and distance beyond prior limits
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Ralph Dighton
Los Angeles
America
Butler Ist In Sale Of Petroleum Butler County tops 1960 sales record
Butler County and Hal Hammel led Landmark Farm Bureau Cooperatives at Columbus in a statewide petroleum sales conference. Butler County posted 3,270,000 gallons sold in 1960, becoming the first Landmark region to exceed 3 million gallons twice in its 27 year history. Hammel of Hamilton won the state manager’s plaque for outstanding sales development, with Fred Schwab and other local petroleum managers named. The plaque is a replica of a 200 year old sterling cup from Coventry, England. The article also discusses the B70 aircraft program, its cost, design features, and ongoing defense funding and testing timelines through December 1962.
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Butler County
Hal Hammel
Landmark Farm Bureau Cooperatives
Columbus
Landmark
Hammel
Hamilton
Fred Schwab
James Phares
Frank Kirk
Fred Willsey
Albert Angst
Elza Thompson
Coventry
England
Red China Starvation Said Grim
AP dispatch from Hong Kong reports refugees from Communist China describe hunger famine and disease sweeping areas while sabotage quietly undermines morale. Western experts see no mass uprising yet note Peiping has halted the great leap forward and is paying foreign exchange to Australia and Canada for food as millions starve.
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Hong Kong
China
Peiping
West
Australia
Canada
A Valentine For Kennedy Card From Local Students
Tulsa AP report says 300 Nathan Hale High School students signed a giant three foot wide Valentine for President Kennedy. The art department designed the heart on card board, signed inside in red ink, and mailed first class at a total postage of 3.53 dollars.
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Tulsa
Okla
Nathan Hale High School
Kennedy
Art Department
Wittenberg Registrar Hanged In Effigy By Students
Springfield Ohio AP reports Wittenberg University registrar Mrs Helen Haley was hanged in effigy by students who believed grades were late. They were two hours early. grades were later distributed. Admins and professors commented wryly on the protest and potential future effigy hangings. Haley said grades were on time.
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Springfield
Ohio
Wittenberg University
Helen Haley
Haley
Barney Oldfield Drives Historic Mile in One Minute
Barney Oldfield becomes the first auto racer to cover a mile in one minute in 1910, marking a landmark speed achievement in early automotive history.
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Barney Oldfield
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Butler
Aeronca Manufacturing Corp
Middletown
North American Aviation
Air Force
Washington
North Am
Erican
Senate Preparedness Committee
U. S
Air Force and Industry
Department of Defense
Defense Department
Congress
Red China Starvation
Fiat National Bank
FDIC
First National
Valentine
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