General aviation hit by postwar and 1970s rate highs
The column reviews long term aviation cycles from 1948 to 1970, noting recessions under Eisenhower and Nixon, with Piper Beech Cessna and others posting large declines in sales and production. It highlights 30 percent drops in Continental Motors and Narco Avionics, an up to two year recovery, and mentions a chapter on passenger car declines. The piece also covers local pilots Ruth Lake and Fran Henke winning a proficiency race and Rose Mary Roth returning from Ft Worth with advanced aerobatic training and plans for a world flight.
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Piper Aircraft
Beech Aircraft
Continental Motors
King Radio
Narco Avionics
Yokee
Ruth ‘Lake
Fran Henke
New Season Opens as Pintoppers Sweep Honors
Bowler Mary Huber led openings with 195 and 462 series as the Pintoppers swept individual titles. Joyce Walters had 179 for second high game and teamed with Lorraine Blase for runner-up 444 series. Michelle's Fashions, a new team, opened with 705 for a single game as Conduction Personalities posted 2009 team series and 694 as runner-up single game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hu’ Ber
Joyce Walters
Lorraine Blase
Michelle
Blankenship Receives Data Processing Certificate
Larry L. Blankenship of 8 Le Jer Lane St Peters has been awarded the Data Processing Management Association certificate. He was among 718 successful applicants from 2,312 test-takers in colleges and universities across the United States and Canada this spring. He joins 11,069 others who have earned the certificate since 1962. Blankenship serves as Data Processing Career representative at Meramec Community College in St. Louis and is pursuing a master of arts degree in Illinois.
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Larry L. Blankenship
le Jer Lane
St. Peters
Data Processing Management Ass
N. Blankenship
United States
Canada
Blankenship
Meramec Community College
St. Louis
Illinois
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E TV
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Freezer
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Sonia
Fallen Goodyear Tire Center
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