New sport joins hang gliding ballooning in secrecy
In Holiday Valley California Don Piccard and Dick Higbie debut hang ballooning a new sport using a dwarf hot air balloon. They describe hang ballooning as seat of the pants flying with simple gear and near total freedom. A P 51 Mustang buzzed the field during the display.
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Kerry Smith
N.Y. Times News
Holiday Valley
Calif
Los Angeles County
Don Piccard
Dick Higbie
Piccard
Higbie
Balboa Island
Mongolia Emerges as Exotic Tourist Spot for Western Visitors
The People's Republic of Mongolia seeks Western currency with Juulchin promoting 8-10 day stays for about $52.50 a day including hotel, meals, and interpreter. Visitors reach Ulan Bator via Moscow or Peking, then tour sites from Karakorum to the Gobi Desert with 5,000 foreign visitors yearly.
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Thomas Kent
Associated Press
Ulan Bator
Mongolia
People’s Republic of Mongolia
Soviet Union
China
Moscow
Peking
Irkutsk
Siberia
Aeroflot
Air Mongolia
Juulchin
Sedgochogyin Luvsandash
Juulhin
Gobi Desert
Karakorum
Ghengis Khan
Terelj
Recyclers Boost Scrap Aluminum Payment to 17 Cents
Reynolds Aluminum Recycling Co will pay 17 cents per pound for scrap aluminum starting Jan 4, up from 15 cents. Harold L. Albrecht notes about 59 percent of cans are recycled, with aims for 100 percent, and emphasizes energy savings of 95 percent per cycle. Reynolds operates 73 fixed facilities and 150 mobile units across the United States, with 800 collection points. Since 1968 the program has paid the public over $45 million for recycling more than seven billion cans.
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San Francisco
Reynolds Aluminum Recycling Co
Harold L. Albrecht
Reynolds Metals Co
Reynolds
United States
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Lake Charles
Big Spring
Tex
Juukhin
Glenn
DIAL
Oneida Stainless
Oneida
Mozart
Cherie
Capistrano
America
Smiths
Ouse
N. Main
Albrecht
Lee and Wrangler
Resistor
California
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