Wrights flight marks first powered ascent at Kitty Hawk in 1903
Barbara McDowell recounts the December 17 1903 events at Kitty Hawk where Orville Wright piloted Flyer I for four flights amid 21 mile wind, with Wilbur and five Coast Guard members observing. The day launched aviation history as the brothers refined their craft toward the Flyer III and eventual U.S. recognition.
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Barbara McDowell
Orville Wright
Kitty Hawk
N.C
Orville
Wilbur
Coast Guard
Wrights
U.S
Wright Brothers
Dayton
Ohio
Otto Lilienthal
Germany
Octave Chanute
United States
Air Force
Charles Yeager
California Desert
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Scott faces probe in handwriting samples hearing
Illinois Attorney General William J. Scott told a Chicago hearing that federal investigators must act or end the probe into his personal and campaign finances. He provided handwriting samples subpoenaed earlier as part of the inquiry, which has dragged on for a year without charges. Judge James B. Parsons considered disqualification amid concerns over associations with Scott and prosecutor Jeremy Margolis. Scott noted records of campaign supporters were turned over and joked he could not send inauguration invitations. Margolis offered to return original documents, but no receipt has been signed.
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Chicago
William J. Scott
Scott
James B. Parsons
U.S. District
Bill Scott
William A. Barnett
Parsons
U.S
Jeremy Margolis
Margolis
Attorney General’s Office
Witnesses Say Barbara Oswald Sought Guns and Money
Witnesses described Barbara Oswald appealing to friends for money and firearms hours before she died attempting to hijack a helicopter to rescue inmates at the Marion Illinois prison yard. The trial spans four defendants including Barbara Oswald and three convicts from Oklahoma with charges of conspiracy attempted escape air piracy and kidnapping.
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FBI
Beth V. Meadows
Norman
Okla
Oswal Ther
U.S. District Court
Miss Meadows
Alcratar Island
America
Barbara Pearson
St. Louis
Barbara Oswald
Mrs. Pearson
Notice to subscribers on timely newspaper delivery
Notice to subscribers urges reporting missed deliveries to The Herald office. States paper should arrive before six o'clock each evening barring accidents or unavoidable delays. Indicates second class postage paid at Morris Illinois.
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Herald Office
Morris
Illinois
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