Air Force Unveils Accurate Doppler Navigator Systems
The Air Force revealed six Doppler Radar navigation systems capable of plotting global courses, computing speed and drift, and signaling arrival. Ranging from 210 to 725 pounds, these self-contained units fit in aircraft from helicopters to bombers and operate from 57 mph to 1725 mph at elevations up to 50,000 feet.
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Baltimore
Air Force
Air Research and Development Command
ARDC
Wright Air Development Command
Dayton
Ohio
Christian Doppler
Bus Crash Probe Seeks Cause After Four Die
Los Angeles police examined a bus crash that killed four and injured about 26. A mechanic suggested the drive shaft or brake system may have failed, causing the front wheel to lock or the shaft to break. Investigators note damaged brake lines and possible faulty equipment. The bus belonged to All Saints Catholic School and the fatalities rose to four after one victim died post surgery.
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Los Angeles
Borden
David Borden
Harole
Sullivan
Jehildren
Wal
All Saints 'Catholic School
Carona de Barry
Three Life Terms in Laurens Kidnap Plot
Laurens Circuit Judge T B Grencker given life sentences to three men for a $350000 kidnap plot. Jury convicted the defendants with one mercy recommendation, including Thomas D Jacobs a Presbyterian College descendant, and his co defendants William T Hill and Jodie Shelton. Jacobs claimed guilt but asserted the two Black defendants were not.
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William T. Hill
Jodie Shelton
Robert M. Vance Jr
Robert M. Vance Sr
Clinton
Jacobs
Steel Men in Russia Headed by Nielsen on 20-Day Tour
An American delegation of metallurgical specialists led by Prof. John P. Nielsen of New York University began a 20 day inspection tour of Soviet iron and steel mills and research institutes in Moscow. The group is to study production methods and technological advances.
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Moscow
UFI
John P. Nielsen
New York
Uni
American death stirs Haiti crisis
In Port au Prince an American citizen Shibley Talamas was beaten to death in police custody after a curfew violation while seeking a doctor for his wife who gave birth the next morning. A U.S. medical team cited death by beating opposed to a heart attack and U.S. Ambassador Gerald Drew lodged a protest with Haiti's ruling junta. The junta refused a meeting, amid reports of harsh police enforcement affecting Americans and other residents.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
U. S
Washington
Shibley Talalmas
Talamas
U.S
Gerald Drew
Louis Roumain
Antonio Rebreau
Negro Republic
Vigorius
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