Plane Sets Speed Record Between Baltimore and Oklahoma City
A Boeing 707 jet airliner flew from Oklahoma City to Baltimore at an average speed of 630 mph, covering 1,260 miles in just under two hours. The flight demonstrated a new jet age down technique for long and short range service, with Pan American Airways among the first operators. The 707's arrival coincided with a Fairchild F27 jet demonstration and a ceremony delivering the smaller aircraft to West Coast Airlines. 60 passengers included Civil Aeronautics Administrator James T. Pyle aboard.
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Baltimore
Oklahoma City
Civil Aeronautics
James T. Pyle
Pyle
Pan American World Airways
Friendship International Airport
Washington National Airport
Washington
West Coast Airlines
Seattle
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp
Haferstown
Louis Rothschild
Commerce For Transportation
Pam American
New York
Paris
San Juan
Puerto Rico
A. M. iTex
Johnston
Boeing
Community Notes from Market Grange Hall Weekend Visit
An intermediate Girl Scout group forming in the area. residents named include Carol Malone Faye Elworthy Jaimie Barnes Louise Cleve and families of Willard Weikert Marie Rosensteel and Charles Pitzer. Vigilant Hose Co. doused a small fire in Elder apartments around 3 am. A 1955 Plymouth driven by Cletus Hettrick hit a barber shop on North Seton Ave causing glass damage and minor injuries to Mrs Hettrick. Cpl Thomas Stoner and several Marines visited and Emmitsburg Girl Scouts plan a Hershey trip.
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Emmitsburg
Charles B. Snerd
Edward Myers
Mris. Myers
Butch
Linda
Terry Myers
Lester Eatin
Joseph Rodgers
Edgar Ashbaugh
Eugene Myers
Patty
Steve
Kathy Atyers
Louis
Stoner
Louis Orndorff
Adele ‘Wivell
William Shorb
Robert G. Myers
Jeanne
Barbara Myers
Henry Timmerman
Arthur
Starner
Larry Little
Curtis Topper
Jack Myers
Ann Myers
Kenneth
Clyde L. McClain
Walter McClain Fairfield
Sabillasville
Eugene McVictor
McClain
Henkels and McCoy
Philadelphia
Willard Weikert
John Kelly
Gettysburg
Marie Rosensteel
Charles Pitzer
Charles B
Raymond Hess
iCletus Hettrick
Hanover
the News
Frederick
Charles B. Sherbon
Seton Avenue
Shorb House
Hettrick
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Merrill
U.S
Frank Merrill
Burma-India
Oi Market
Second Streets
Citizens National Bank
Rederick
Federal Depost Insurance Corp
Federal Reserve System
Citizens Office
Patrick Sts
Fort Detrick
Union Bridge Bank
Union Bridge. Md
Robert Gelwicks
Francis Topper
U. S. Marines
Camp le Juene
N. C
Earl Gelwicks
Carroll Topper
Girl Scouts of
Hershey
New Market
Lois King
Caryn Gaye
Betty Sier
Gayle Gamble
Donny Gladhill
Earl Crone
Frank Gladhill
J. R. Castleman Jr
Olds
New de Soto
New Plymouth
Weil Brothers
Vedenick
North Market St
Westinghouse Mobilaire
Costa
Kehne's
Cities Service
New Cities Service
Kehne
St. Petersburg
Florida
Kehne’s Cities Service
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