Airport Sets Record Year Far Greater Advances Indicated For 1965
A record year was 1964 at Winnebago County Airport and 1965 is expected to bring much larger regional service gains. North Central Airlines increased passenger boardings 12.7 percent to 34,470 and freight 65 percent to 935,216 pounds while total operations rose 32 percent to 42,341. The airport was designated regional port for the Oshkosh Appleton area by the Civil Aeronautics Board, though North Central plans to end Appleton flights by Jan 25 and move operations to Oshkosh.
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Winnebago County
North Central Airlines
Oshkosh - Appleton
Civil Aeronautics Board
Outagamie County
North Central
Appleton
Detectives chase jewel thief group in Miami pursuit
New York detectives and an assistant district attorney flew to Miami with Allan Kuhn to recover the Star of India sapphire and other jewels stolen from the American Museum of Natural History. Newsmen tracked the group as they dodged questions and authorities offered no recovery confirmation.
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Star OF India
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Miami
UPI
Allan Kuhn
New York Museum
Kuhn
Miami Beach
Allan Dale Kuhn
TFX Flies Successfully With Retractable Wings
The TFX aircraft with retractable variable sweep wings achieved a milestone by shifting wings mid flight at 10 000 feet during an hour test in Fort Worth. Pilots Johnson and Prahl reported speeds around 450 mph, with the craft aiming for 1 600 mph. Minor engine instability delayed one test, while an earlier flap issue was fixed. General Dynamics Fort Worth expects a large incentive bonus for meeting the schedule.
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Fort Worth, Tex
R. L. Johnson
Val Prahl
Air Force
Johnson
P.h. Johnson
Namics
Fort Worth
TFX
General Dynamics
Carswell Air Force Base
Texas
Air Force to Disband 155 Reserve Units by April
The Air Force plans to deactivate 155 Air Force Reserve units by April affecting about 8,000 reservists in 44 states and the District of Columbia. The move, likely a step toward merging the Reserve into the Air National Guard, parallels Army Reserve and National Guard actions. The units include 112 recovery squadrons and 43 recovery groups serving to support regular air force planes at civilian airports after an attack.
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Washington
Air Force
Air Force Reserve
District of Columbia
Air National Guard
Army Reserve
National Guard
United
Miners Lose Time in Seven-Hour Shifts UK Study
A National Coal Board booklet reports British miners work 22 hours within seven hours and waste 52 minutes for no good reason, highlighting efficiency concerns in the industry.
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London
UPI
National Coal Board
Fire Leaves 13 Homeless in Eureka Home Destroyed
A Eureka family of 13, ages 1 to 20, became homeless when an eight room house burned after 7 a.m. The fire started near a wall. firefighters saved a barn and nothing from the home. The family stays with Frank Weeks as investigators probe the blaze. Families include two 18 year old girls and a 20 year old son.
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Donald Helmuth
Eureka
Omro
Rushford
Omro Town
Helmuth
Frank Weeks
U S Arrests Spy Suspect In Military Secrets Case
FBI agents seized 29 year old Robert N Thompson of New York and charged him with conspiring to transmit U S military secrets to the Soviet Union He was recruited into a Soviet operation while in the U S Air Force in Berlin in 1957 A Soviet national Fedor Kudashkian is named as a coconspirator
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Washington
FBI
New Yorker
Today
U.S
Soviet Union
J. Edgar Hoover
Robert N. Thompson
Thompson
U.S. Air Force
Berlin
Hoover
Fedor Kudashkian
Add Three To Road Toll
A Madison boy, Tyler Dolphin, 13, was killed crossing Highway 30 on the East Side, Madison, marking Wisconsin’s first 1965 traffic fatality. Also killed were Lynn M. Knudson, 17, of Green Bay, in a crash near Green Bay, and Mrs. Richard Bratley, 27, of Menomonie, in a highway collision near Durand.
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Associated Press
Madison
Wisconsin
Tyler Dolphin
Highway 30
Lynn M. Knudson
Green Bay
Richard Bratley
Menomonie
Durand
Gir
Shirley Herbison
Arkansaw
Gambler Wins Lion Instead of Truck in Italian Card Game
In Udine Italy a gambler won a four month old lion in a card game. He believed his stake was a truck. The opponent had bet a "Leoncino" meaning little lion and also the brand name for a small pickup.
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Udine
Italy
UPI
Lion
Leoncino
Insurance For Elderly Urged
President Johnson proposed a broad health insurance package including social security backed medicare for persons 65 and over and a hospital insurance program. He urged grants to develop regional medical complexes, support for health profession schools, and reforms to expand mental health and disability services, stressing rising operating costs threaten medical education.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Health Profession
Four Payson Teens Die in Jail of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Payson Arizona reports four high school students died in the county jail from carbon monoxide poisoning after being held on theft charges. Pathologist Dr. Alfred Musgrave ruled the deaths caused by CO exposure from the butane gas heating system. Investigators were briefly overcome during inspection, two officials treated and released. The youths, all popular Payson High students, were aged 15 to 18 and had been arrested in a beer theft ring involving four cases from Strawberry Lodge. The inquest date was not set.
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Payson
Ariz
Arizona
Globe
Alfred D. Musgrave
Gila
Lyman Peace
Tom Drake
Payson Hospital
T. L. Meredith
Ellen R. Jones
Justice of the Peace
Florence Greer
Clifford Greenland
Pine
Kenny Haught
John Watkins
Blaine Schroeder
Payson Country Club
Jones
Strawberry Lodge
Meredith
Achsol
Indonesia Withdraws From U N
President Sukarno announces Indonesia's withdrawal from the United Nations at a rally denouncing foreign military bases. He cites Malaysia's Security Council admission as trigger. Delegates report the move, with only Red China reportedly approving. Continuous coverage notes no written notice yet.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
United Nations
World Organization
Malaysia
Security Council
Subandrio
U.N
New York
Marines Fly to Philippines for Reflex Ones Exercise
One thousand combat-ready American Marines will be airlifted 1,200 miles from Okinawa to Mactan Island in the Philippines on Friday for a four day combined Marine Air Force training exercise. The maneuvers stress quick response capabilities in the Far East per a Navy announcement.
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Manila
UPS
Okinawa
Mactan Island
Philippines
U.S
Far East
Navy
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