Mail planes' fatal crash rate doubles civilian pilots
Nine mail planes have crashed killing 13 people in a year with two thirds of accidents in bad weather. FAA officials say pilot experience is uneven and safety rules, written for jitneys, lag behind needs. pilots fly at night under tight schedules for $6 million annual cost to the Post Office.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
America
North Carolina
Charlotte
Air Time
Red Bank
N.J
Charles A. McIntyre
McIntyre
George S. Buchanan
Post Office
Weekend Forecast Signals Clear Skies and Warmth
Weather outlook for Thursday through Sunday calls for clear skies. Nights remain frigid with teens, followed by a warming trend with highs in the 30s to 50s and a chance of scattered showers Sunday afternoon.
Clinton AFB Pushed As Jetport Site
Industrialist William J. Reardon proposed Clinton County Air Force Base as the core of a regional jetport serving Cincinnati and surrounding cities. He urged a feasibility study with Transportation and Ohio officials, citing capacity limits at Greater Cincinnati Airport within 20 years.
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Wilmington
Cincinnati Air Progress Committee
William J. Reardon
Hamilton County
Ohio
Clinton County Air Force Base
Cincinnati
Dayton
Columbus
Middletown
Hamilton
Springfield
Chambers of Commerce
Harveysburg
Southwestern
Red Lion
R. William Patterson
Jetport Authority
Patterson
Reardon
Greater
U.S. Department of Transportation
Strategists see Russians eager for nuclear talks to ease pressure
Defense analysts in Washington say Moscow pushes for talks on limits citing economic strain from matching U S nuclear power. They link Vietnam and Middle East leverage, noting Russia funds Hanoi and Arabs while US effort fuels a widening gap in strategic weapons.
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Washington
Soviet Union
U.S
Middle East
Pentagon
Russia
North Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
Vietnam
Kremlin
Nixon Administration
Vietnam War Casualties Drop Amid Two Northwest Saigon Battles
The U S Command reports 131 North Vietnamese killed in two battles northwest of Saigon, three U S helicopters lost and three damaged. Allied casualties: seven killed and 15 wounded, including five Americans dead and 13 wounded. Weekly totals show declines in American and South Vietnamese deaths. Viet Cong losses also fall.
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Saigon
U.S. Command
U.S
Egypt Joins Guerrilla Aid to Attack Israel
The Egyptian government is accused of backing guerrilla fighters against Israel. U N observers reported rifle and machine gun fire from the Egyptian side near the Suez Canal, with tensions rising as Egypt signals possible diplomacy with the United States after the 1967 war.
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Associated Press
Egypt
Group of Arab Nations
Israel
United Nations
Jordan
Syria
Lebanon
Sinai Desert
Tekoah
Armand Berard
Security Council
U.N
U Thant
Suez Canal
Odd Bull
Thant
Bull
United States
Cairo
Mohammed Hassan el Zayyat
U.S
Washington
Zayyat
Johnson
Nixon
Hunt Widens In Nevada For Missing F111 Jet
An F111A fighter bomber from Nellis Air Force Base is overdue after a night training mission. The $6 million swing wing aircraft with two crewmen was due back at 7 p.m. Names withheld pending next of kin notification as search and rescue expands in Nevada.
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Hunt
Nevada
Las Vegas
Nev
Nellis Air Force Base
Air Force
Nel
U.S
Vietnam
Chuckle Be Careful About Calling Yourself an Expert
A playful quip warns against self promotion and labels such as expert or ex replaced by clever wordplay about being a has been or a drip under pressure. The speaker uses tongue in cheek humor to critique boastful titles.
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