Swiss glacier pilot risks life for daily alpine rescues
Hans Geiger, famed Swiss glacier pilot near Sion, runs a small airport and flies supplies to snowbound villages. He has landed on over 2000 fields, saved avalanching victims, and once delivered payrolls despite a faulty mechanism. He often works 15 to 17 hours daily, weather permitting.
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Alps
Geiger
Rhone Valley
Mont Blanc
Ernst Udet
Swiss Alps
Kanderflin
Monte Rosa
Sion
Genger
Herman Geiger
Glacier du Trient
Six Appointed By ONeill To New Economic Board
Governor ONeill named six members to a new Economic Development and Publicity Commission replacing the old body. Appointees include Henry J. Bassler Robert C. Hienton William Hillyer Harold Stotzer Edward F. Wagner and B D Zevin with terms to December 31 1953. They will be confirmed by the Senate and paid 20 dollars daily up to a year plus expenses. The commission serves as an advisory council to the Division of Economic Development and Publicity in the Commerce Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Liam O'Neill
Ohio Development and Publicity Commission
Henry J. Bassler
Rushtown
Portsmouth Times
Brush-Moore
Robert C. Hienton
Bedford
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
B. D. Zevin
Gates Mills
World Publishing Co
Cleveland Council On Human Relations
Ohio Senate
Commission
State Division of Economic Development and Publicity
Commerce Department
New Theory Has Comets As Icebergs Of Space
Dr. Fred C. Whipple proposes comets are frozen gas and dust bodies that warm near the sun, producing glowing tails. The article notes recent naked-eye comets, orbital paths, Halley forecasts for 1985, and the idea that meteor showers may be worn-out comets, with remaining questions about their true nature.
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John Barbour
New York
Fred C. Whipple
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
Russia
Aomet
Halley
Arend- Poland
Columbus man dies in two-car Sunbury Road crash
Robert Eugene Brown, 20, of Columbus, was fatally injured Friday night when his car failed to negotiate a curve on Sunbury Road and collided with an oncoming vehicle.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert Eugene Brown
Sunbury Road
Quota Surpassed in YMCA Swim Classes 1957
Don Hardesty reports the 1957 YMCA aquatics program exceeded targets with four swim classes averaging 140 percent of yearly quotas. Sharks class led gains with 44 passers of 25 goal, while 168 earned fish certificates from 100, 69 flying fish from 50, and 244 minnows from 200. New records set across all classes.
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YMCA
Don Hardesty
Hardesty
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Hanns Neuverbourg
Switzerland
Francois Durrafour
Oneill
William Hudson Hillyer
Uhrichsville
Clay City Pipe Co
Harold Stotzer
Archbold
Fulton County
Edward F. Wagner
Nationwide Insurance Companies
The
Oo Relations Society of
Amerca
Citizens
Building Loan and Savings Association
Central Ave
Liabeto
Earth
Colorado
Streifthaus
Motorola
Mahogany Amun
Stu
Grimes
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