Wright-Patterson air museum to offer Friday shop tours
Public tours of the air museum restoration and storage area at Wright Patterson Air Force Base return this year. Tours run Fridays by appointment from June 2 through August, leaving at 1 pm and returning about 2 pm. Free, suitable for ages 12 and up, with reservations opening 10 am the Saturday before each tour. Call 255-284 in Dayton.
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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Air Force Museum
Dayton
Two men confess to Chaplin body theft in Switzerland
The two East European refugees, a Pole and a Bulgarian, confessed to stealing Charlie Chaplin's 300 pound coffin from Corsier Sur Vevey. They dug up the body at 2 am on March 2, loaded it into a truck, and buried it in Hermann Bronnimann's cornfield near Neville. They sought a ransom initially at 600000 dollars, later lowered to 250000.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Charlie Chaplin
Italy
Chaplin
Corsier-Sur-Vevey
Jean-Daniel Tenthorey
Tenthorey
Hermann Bronnimann
Neville
Lake Geneva
NASA Plans Orbital Nudge to Prolong Skylab Life
NASA aims to extend Skylab’s orbit by months for a safer end-of-life plan. If successful, a late 1979 mission could attach a rocket to raise its orbit or steer it toward a controlled re-entry over the ocean, reducing debris risk.
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Washington
Space Agency
Robert A. Frosch
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Congress
NASA
Skylab
Earth
Former Middletonian Marilyn Moore Wins Three Journalism Awards
Marilyn Moore, former Middleton resident and Sidney Daily News reporter, wins three awards in the Ohio Federation of Press Women writing contest. She earns two first places in news writing and interview for a Sidney kidnapping story and jail cell interview, plus a third place for social issues in a jail series. Her two first place entries advance to the 1977 National Federation of Press Women contest.
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Marilyn Moore
Sidney Daily News
Ohio Federation of Press Women
Miss Moore
George B Moore
Sheldon Road
Sidney
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Williams Termite and Pest Control
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Tunis
Bizerte
Fairchild
Regency Scanner Act
E. States
Trenton
Pole
Emeans
Microwave and Cooking Center
Bree
Litton
Turkey
America
Ree
Cremeans Appliance & Tv, Inc
Troup Furniture Co
McAlpin
Pete Rose
Hustle
McAlpin’s
Pete
McAlpin’s Men’s Furnishings & Boys’ Wear
Towne Mall
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