Skytrain wins backing from mums and businessmen crowd
Freddie Laker’s Skytrain draws diverse riders from New York to London including a 54 year old New Yorker who would have paid 675 dollars for a regular fare, and Syracuse businessman Robert Brush. Passengers praise openness while crews run the DC-9 style jet amid delays from air traffic strikes.
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Tye
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Agligioro
New York City
England
Brush
Syracuse
N.Y
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Kennedy
Skytrain
Japanese to Build Pyramid in Egypt
A team from Waseda University led by Sakuji Yoshimura announced plans to construct a new pyramid in Egypt starting January. The project aims for a 65 foot high structure with a 96 foot base, about one seventh the size of Cheops. Site selection remains to be finalized with Egyptian authorities.
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Egypt
Herodotus
Waseda University
Tokyo
Cheops
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Fire injures 24 escaping from burning Shannon jet
A Shannon airport incident on a Capitol Airways jet bound for Dallas injured 24 passengers while taxiing for takeoff. Most aboard were women from Texas and Oklahoma. The engine fire halted the plane before takeoff as passengers used emergency chutes, with ankle injuries most common. The cause remains undetermined.
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Oklahoma
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Dallas
Hartford
Conn
Shannon International
Roy Davis
San Antonio
James
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