Viscount Planes Have Good Record
Represen tatives of Vickers-Armstrongs testified at a Civil Aeronautics Board hearing that the Viscount, which killed 31 on May 12 near Chase, Md, was rugged and could not be broken in level flight. Witnesses suggested an unusual event caused the crash despite a long service record and extensive use by carriers.
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Baltimore
Capital Airlines
Geoffrey W. Webber
Vickers— Armstrongs Aircraft Ltd
Weybridge
Surrey
England
Civil Aeronautics Board
Chase
Webber
Basil E. Stephenson
Vickers-Armstrongs
Stephenson
Jack Bree
Royal Air Force
CAB
Russell
Fisher
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
J Kenneth Robinson Elected Shenandoah Apple Blossom President
J Kenneth Robinson, a well known apple grower and native of Frederick County, was elected president of the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival for the coming year at the annual meeting in the Apple Capital. He succeeds F L Largent Jr., Winchester attorney, who had served as president for the past two years.
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J. Kenneth, Robinson
Apple Growler
Shenandoah
F. L. Largent Jr
Winchester
Ther
Apple
Harry F. Byrd Je
J. Thomas Kremer
Charles S. Toan
James R. Wilkins
Warne A. Whitham
Tom W. Baldridge
Robert K. Woltz
J. Pinckney Arthur
C. F. Schenck
Frank Armstrong
Thomas G. Scully
Frederick County
Ray Robinson
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Virginia Fruit Business
Strike Could Cost Baltimore Steel Workers Payroll
A steel strike threatens Bethlehem Steel at Sparrows Point, risking about 3.5 million dollars weekly for 30,000 workers. The alert has shifted worker saving and shopping patterns as banks and merchants note prep for a possible shutdown. The nationwide walkout was postponed, now slated to start next Wednesday unless a new contract is reached.
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Baltimore
Bethlehem Steels
Sparrows Point
Eisenhower
Visibility of cars with headlights in daylight fogs
In daylight fog, a car with headlights lit is visible from two to three times as far as one with headlights off. This indicates substantial visibility gain from using headlamps in foggy daylight conditions.
Hoffa Would Lose If Election Held Now, Tribune Says
The Chicago Tribune reports a Friday night survey of truck drivers from five states found James R. Hoffa would lose an election for president of the Teamsters Union by a 41 margin among members. The survey, conducted by Tribune reporters posing as drivers in Illinois Wisconsin Indiana Ohio and New York, amid ongoing probes by the Senate Labor Rackets Committee. The article notes drivers’ limited knowledge of union corruption revelations and some indifference to thefts by leaders as long as unemployment rolls stay low.
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Chicago Tribune
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
Senate Labor Rackets Committee
Tribune
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Wisconsin
Indiana
Ohio
New York
iIndiana
Illnois
The
Rebels Disband After Threats From Argentine Officers
Rebels who had threatened civil war to install a military dictatorship around President Arturo Frondizi disbanded in apparent defeat. Gen Arturo Ossorio Arana led a dozen officers in Cordoba and four others fled to Uruguay after arrests in Buenos Aires. Meanwhile a separate report notes a survey alleging union mismanagement and cross country member assignments within Teamster locals. In Montreal a trip by Emperor Haile Selassie’s party raised logistical issues for royal officials. A new North American medical doctor, Dr Richard Reynolds, began practice in East Church Street after Johns Hopkins training.
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Argentina
Arturo Frondizi
Arturo Qssorio Arana
Frondizi
Cordoba
Arana
Ini
River Plate
Urug J
Aay
Brussels
Belgium
lHaile Selassie
Gibey
Montreal
Bernard
Edith Cowderoy
Sta
Houle
Richard Reynolds
Tively
East Church Street
Jon
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Reynolds
Alaska
U. S. Public Health Service
Wilison Place
Mary Jane
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