Hughes Secret Bahamas to Miami Trip described by yacht captain
Miami Herald quotes Capt. Bob Rehak about Howard Hughes traveling in secret from Nassau to Miami on February 17 with long beard and hair, two-inch toenails, and minimal clothing. Rehak and Donald Hout captained the Cygnus entourage, noting strict security and frequent cleansing, before Hughes flew to Managua after a Vancouver stop.
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Miami
Howard Hughes
Bahamas
Miami Herald
Bob Rehak
Cygnus
Hughes
Rehak
Donald Lawrence Hout
Nassau
Britannia Beach
Miami Beach
U.S
Eastern Air Lines
Managua
Nicaragua
Vancouver
British Columbia
Rehbak
Satellites seen changing world priorities like the automobile
Vienna AP reports U S scientist H Guyford Stever says satellites will reshape value and social priorities as much as the car did. He notes satellites will aid natural system maintenance and that Earth Resources Technology Satellite marks a new phase. He foresees developing countries gaining space benefits at low cost via remote sensing. International astronauts congress opens with focus on space for world development. Honolulu AP notes a waterfront strike disrupts docks but little public concern.
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Vienna
Austria
U.S
H. Guyford Stever
U.S. National Science Foundation
International Astronautical Congress
Earth
Earth Resources Technology
Stever
Honolulu
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union Local 142
Mexican Rail Toll At 204 After Mexico Disaster
Rescue crews confirmed 204 dead and 1,098 injured in Mexico's second worst rail disaster. Authorities say eight crew members allegedly drank before a downhill speed of over 70 mph, eight of 24 cars derailed and caught fire. The engineer and crew face homicide charges. six crew members are in custody with one at large. Deputy Celso Delgado plans to summon the railway chief to testify.
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Saltillo
Mexico
Genaro Gutierrez Devila
Melchor Sanchez Echeverria
Mexican National Railways
Celso Delgado
Victor Manuel Villasenor
Mixed Reactions To Controversial F111 Fighter Plane
Washington observers debate the F111, once the TFX, as critics call it a fiasco while pilots hail its advancement. The program has faced cost overruns, crashes, and grounding but touts movable wings and terrain following radar as key innovations for Navy and Air Force missions.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
John F. Kennedy
Defense
Navy
Air Force
North Vietnam
Pentagon
Soviets Seek Food Imports as Crisis Deepens
Washington AP. The Soviet Union faces a severe food shortage with drought halting crops and livestock slaughter rising. Moscow reportedly seeks large potato and grain imports from Eastern Bloc nations alongside US wheat and feed. Poland may ship potatoes to Moscow. Germany reportedly mulls selling up to one million tons of wheat rye and barley.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Moscow
United States
Agriculture Department
Department
Foreign Agricultural Service
Poland
FAS
Ussr
Germany
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USDA
Schedle
Vanessa Glenda Redgrave
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Kansas
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