Navy Balloon Ascends to Stratosphere for Cosmic Ray Data
In Tillamook Oregon a large plastic manned balloon, 223 feet in diameter and 305 feet long, lifted by a five man crew including Tom Papas rose to the stratosphere. It carried instruments weighing about 250 pounds to gather cosmic ray data and was released to float toward Utah after launch.
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Aldata
Navy
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Tom Papas
Oregon
Fom’ General Mills, Inc
Smiles
Utah
Minneapolis
Airlines Brace for New Rush Amid Holiday Walkouts
Air carriers prepare for a post Thanksgiving surge as strikes by machinists flight engineers and mechanics idle about 35 000 workers. Eastern and TWA grounded hundreds of planes while American sought talks to avert a broader shutdown. Judges warned both sides over meeting locations and extended restraining orders. pilots and engineers cited wage and training disputes as key issues.
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Eastern
Trans World Airines
Piscen
Hill
International Association of Machinists
TWA
Flight Engineers International Assn
TAM
Twin Airlie
Egas
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American Airlines
Air Line
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U. S. Dist
Frederick VanFelt Bryan
Pilots Association
Bryan
Dow to Buy 13 Million in Benzene From Soviet Union
The Dow Chemical Co will buy about 1.54 million gallons of benzene from the Soviet government for about 318.5 million dollars, below U.S. market price. The deal, announced Friday, aims to secure steady supply amid erratic domestic benzene and signals Russia's push into the American market.
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New York
Daw |i Chemical Co
U.S
Dow
Russia
Inventor Kettering Buried In Simple Dayton Rite
Charles F. Kettering the famed inventor and philanthropist was laid to rest beside his wife in Dayton Ohio as snow fell. The automotive genius who devised a practical auto self starter the electric cash register and anti knock gasoline died Tuesday from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was 2.
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Kettering Tj
Dayton
Ohio
Charles F. Ketter
Clive
Kettering
Radioactive Material Release at Idaho Reactor Station
A brief reactor shutdown occurred at the national reactor testing station near Idaho Falls due to an accidental release of radioactive material. The release on November 18 was contained within about 1,500 acres of the 431,000 acre facility, with the Atomic Energy Commission covering the incident.
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Idaho Falls
Atomic Energy Commission
I May Have Saved Man's Life Two Robbers Aid Stricken Victim
Rochester police report two robbers who bound Ray Bloch, a 67 year old coal company owner, into his residence during a Friday break in, yet they allegedly stopped to administer medicine during his mild heart attack before fleeing with about $4,000 in gems and cash. The incident centers on the robbers’ surprising mercy as they helped the victim reach relief prior to their escape.
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Rochester
Ray Bloch
Bloch
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