Devices Sought To End Airplane Hijackings
Washington AP reports efforts to prevent hijackings include metal object detectors at gates and hidden passenger photography. FAA assesses methods to detect firearms but finds none presently acceptable while airlines consider a commercial device for boarding screening.
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Washington
Richard Swift
Federal Aviation Administration
Fight Standards Service
Swift
William Becker
Air Transport Association
Astronaut Air Pollution Hazard Noted In 1920s Pole Stunt
William C. Ruppert Sr. died at 53 after a famed 1929 pole-sitting stunt lasting 55 days. The Essex, Maryland machinist endured atop a flagpole for weeks, claiming he could have reached 100 days in a different setting, while facing local truancy concerns as schools opened. Funeral set for Wednesday.
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Baltimore
William C. Ruppert Sr
Union Memorial Hospital
Ruppert
Essex
Columbia U Gets Rare Chinese Books
Columbia University acquires a collection of rare Chinese books expanding its holdings. The find shores up scholarly access and will enhance research across East Asian studies, with librarians noting the significance for ongoing programs and future exhibitions.
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Columbia U
Tramp Poet Welborn Hope Wanders Oklahoma Roads
Oklahoma poet Welborn Hope known as the tramp poet travels highways in the region reciting verse in exchange for food, not money. He claims poetry requires poverty and solitude and has 2000 poems published in various outlets though he never printed a book. He aims to visit many states while continuing his roaming lifestyle.
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Bryan Wooley
Associated Press
Tulsa
Okla Cap
Kansas
Welborn
Oklahoma
Iscerpets
the Saturday Review
The
New Republic
William Rose Benet
Saturday Review
Harvard English
M. B. Molloy
East Central State College
Ada
Okla
Hope
Missouri
New York
Texas
Arkansas
Iowa
Man With New Heart Plans Return To Work At Bank
Everett C. Thomas, 47, of Phoenix, Arizona, ten weeks after a heart transplant, plans to start as a trust consultant at Medical Center National Bank near St Luke's Hospital in Houston. He aims to show transplants enable work and studies, believing the operation will not hinder his mind or ability to sit at a desk.
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Houston
Tex
Everett
C. Thomas
Histon Bank
Thomas
Phoeny, Ariz
Medical Center National Bank
St Luke's Episcopal Hospital
Arizona
Thoms
Bank
Walham EO Harrell
Eours
John Fiero
Elmont
George
St Luke's
Ment
Wath Nogal
Mark
New Mexbo Ranch
Wealthy Campaign Supporter Protests Local Post Office Closures
Mrs Dessie Sawyer of Crossroads New Mexico writes to President Johnson and Senator Anderson protesting the August 2 post office closures at Nogal and Crossroads. Her daughter Fern lives near Nogal and the family questions how income taxes will be collected without an office.
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Johnson
Sallage
Dessie Sawyer
Cross
Roads
Clinton P Anderson
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