Jet Bell X14 Rises and Lands Vertically
Buffalo N Y Bell Aircraft Corp announced the first Flight of the experimental Bell X14 on May 24. The jet powered craft rose straight from the runway in a horizontal position, flew in a normal airport pattern, hovered, and landed vertically. Bell designed the X14 for the U S Air Force under a Navy and Air Force contract as a groundwork for a vertical takeoff and landing craft. The aircraft resembles a conventional plane and uses movable vanes behind the engines to switch thrust from horizontal to vertical, eliminating special ground handling equipment requirements.
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California U Band Hit at World Fair
The University of California marching band opened a Brussels World’s Fair concert week drawing huge crowds at the American pavilion. About 10,000 tourists paused as the band performed on the esplanade causing crowding and a truncated program. Bandmaster James Berdahl noted unprecedented enthusiasm and limited space. The band will perform twice daily through June 24.
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Brussels
UPEH
University of California
Esplanade
James Berdahl
Britain Cuts Loan Rate to 1957 Level
Britain reduced its official bank interest rate to 5 percent, matching the 1957 pre crisis level. The move followed a series of cautious cuts since last September, aiming to ease the crisis from the plunging currency and tighten controls on spending. The Bank of England sets the rate and guides money flow in the sterling area.
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London
Bank of England
Widow of The Man Nobody Wanted Dies in Miami
Dolly Fo Barty Staniszewski, 54, widow of Johnny Staniszewski once dubbed the man nobody wanted, died Monday in Miami from throat cancer. She entered the United States illegally at 17 from Poland when it was under German control, served a prison term, and gained citizenship at 61.
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Johnny
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Poland
Seaman Admits Slaying Nude Beatnik in S F Alley
In a San Francisco alleyg promenade, a 32-year-old seaman aboard a military transport confessed to strangling Sublette, a 20-year-old Beat Generation figure known as Danna Lewis. The victim lay nude except for a black bra and a St Christopher medal, nearby clothes on a fence. Police traced the suspect via a suit receipt. he was to ship out in hours. He sought free love, and the case ties to the North Beach Beat scene. The slaying sparked shock among Beatnik circles. doctors ruled no rape.
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Frank Harris
Hugh Gaffey
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Connie Swanson
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Bohemia
Construction Dips as New York Week Totals Shrink
Weekly construction awards fell to 429.9 million dollars down from 505.5 million the prior week per Engineering News-Record Construction Daily. A guardian in land Oregon mentions a 60 dollar monthly income from inherited property for a girl. A separate report notes Connie’s prior drunkenness arrests and a hotel eviction after a topless street incident. Harris recounts finding her in a drunken stupor and alleges restraint during a crisis involving heroin and whiskey.
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