Powers Flies Not to Paris as Illness Grounds Flight
Francis Gary Powers, the U2 pilot shot down in 1960, canceled plans to fly solo to the Paris Air Show from California after contracting flu. He halted the transatlantic leg from Iceland to Prestwick, Scotland, citing illness, and returned to the United States.
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Aides to testify in Nixon loan guarantee clash
Washington sources say McDonnell Douglas and Boeing lobby in opposition to Nixon's proposed 250 million loan guarantee for Lockheed Airport Corp. Senate Banking Committee plans public invitations as industry fears a monopoly and job losses in Southern California loom.
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Tenn
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D-Ala
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Treasury Department
Donald Douglas Jr
Calcutta braces for cholera as East Pakistani refugees surge
Calcutta opens inoculation centers as West Bengal fights a suspected cholera outbreak amid 3.6 million refugees from East Pakistan. Health officials report 1000 to 2000 deaths and say supplies run low while border camps overflow toward the city 35 miles from the border.
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