Airlines urged to cut ground time to air travel
A transportation expert warned U S airlines may lose up to 70 percent of passengers if ground travel to airports cannot be sped up. Elliott said trips between New York and six large cities show air time fell 50 percent since 1948, while ground time rose due to congestion. He urged action and suggested options such as heli bus, rail bus, exclusive lanes, and a monorail.
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Boston
U.S
Benton H. Elliott
General Electric Co
New York
Los Angeles
Chicago
Detroit
Washington
Miami
The
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Elliott
Manhattan
Pennsylvania Railroad
Christmas Program at Plattville Methodist Church
Plattville Methodist Church schedules a 7 p.m. Christmas program on Sunday December 18 with practice sessions on Saturdays December 10 and 17 at 1 30 p m. Church groups plan the event including a mitten tree for orphans and a collection of mittens from church school children. The November December meeting of the membership and evangelism commission is set for 7 30 p m Tuesday at the home of Mr and Mrs Frank Reed with devotional led by Mrs Wendell Naden. The official board meets 7 30 p m Wednesday in the church chapel. Edward Leifheit is named vice chairman. VFW Auxiliary plans a 8 p m December 12 meeting to pack cookies and candy for nursing homes and shut ins, with donations requested for holiday packing.
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Plattville
Membership
Evangelism Commission
Frank Reed
Wendell Naden
The
Methodist Church
Edward Leifheit
VFW
Kendall County
Hillside
Yorkville
Wilford Langeland
Robert McCoy
Donald Horton
Freda Skinner
Reinhold
Cordelia) Leifheit
Richard Devereaux
Alice Devereaux
The Origin of the Word Cracker in Biscuit History
A brief note explains that the term cracker arose from breaks made when biscuits formerly called crackers were snapped, producing a distinctive cracking sound.
Toll Highway Panel Predicts Bond Payoff Ahead by 1967
Illinois Toll Highway Commission chair Don Bonniwell said the 187 mile superroad will be nearly 15 million dollars ahead of its bond retirement schedule by year end 1967 despite an 8.5 million revenue withdrawal for system improvements. The plan aims to make the tollway free by 1980.
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Chicago
Illinois State Toll Highway Commission
Donald R. Bonniwell
Bonniwell
Commission
Oldest Twins Grant and Sherman Evans Celebrate Separately
Grant and Sherman Evans, born December 2, 1866 in Kentucky, are claimed as the oldest twins in the United States. Grant celebrated at the Florida Christian Home in Jacksonville, while Sherman marked the day at his home in Winter Haven. Both remain in reasonably good health and travelled about 200 miles apart. Sherman became a watchmaker in Dayton, Ohio, in 1896, while Grant farmed in Kentucky.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Grant
Sherman Evans
United States
Florida Christian Home
Sherman
Winter Haven
Carter County
Dayton
Ohio
Kentucky Bluegrass
Interest Leads To Start of Missionary
The El Paso Times reports Marjorie Graham details the Bartholics, a nondenominational missionary family near Socorro, who adopted nine Mexican children from Juarez and Redmond, Ore. The 16 bedroom Angel Wing Ranch shelters a large diverse family with bilingual dynamics and a plan to help others through a newsletter. Comets are described as dirty snow balls formed by ices in space.
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Marjorie Graham
el Paso Times
Bartholics
Redmond
Ore
Juarez
el Paso
Oletha
Angel Wing Ranch
Socorro
Carlieta
Timmy
Joseph
Crystal
Jim
Diane
Lisa
Janice
David
Lorie
Angie
Socorro High School
Bartholic
Mexico
United States
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Methodist Church News
Peace Corps
Clifford Pensyl
Rte. 1
Newark
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Earl Pensyl
c/o Cuerpo de Paz
Embajada Americana
San Jose
Costa Rica
Fred Westphal
Sharon
Emil Falaskey
Medford
Wis
Larry Hargis
Cindy
Elkader
Iowa
Elbin Hargis
Marshall
University of California
Berkley
Navy
A. E. Westcott
O.D
Morris Daily Herald
Lite
the Herald
EL Paso, Tex
Edward J. Bartholics
Grundy County
Nels P. Nelson
Morris
Illinois
Circuit Court
Robert T. Williamson
Grundy County Courthouse
Albey
U. S
Canada
Bell Telephone
Nationwide Bell System
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