Planes That Promised Much Yet Never Took Wing
A survey of postwar airliners that failed to reach production or mass use highlights the DC5, Saturn, Rainbow, Pioneer, 417, and L193. Despite large investments, only limited prototypes flew or were completed, with Lockheed and others scrapped or repurposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Army Air Corps
Israel
Lockheed
American Airlines
Pan American
Republic
American
Pan Am
Northrup
Air Force
South America
Boeing
Fokker
Netherlands
Fairchild
U.S
40 Centuries of Rain U of A Receives $50 000 NSF Grant
University of Arizona tree-ring researchers resume the 40 century bristlecone pine study with a two year $50 000 National Science Foundation grant to establish precipitation indices. Dr. William G. McGinnies notes work will date samples exactly and create a master chronology. Ferguson and Stokes compile Schulman collections as Fritts sets up rainfall relations and field measurements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscon
University of Arizona
National Science Foundation
Edmund Schulman
William G. McGinnies
U of A
NSF
Schulman
Ferguson
Marvin A. Stokes
McGinnies
Rial
Harold C. Fritts
USFS
Dr. Schulman
Through New Project Airplanes May Anticipate Bad Weather
A Pilot to Forecaster Service Test project links pilots with meteorologists by radio on 122.6 to predict weather at jet arrival times. Started July 1, the one year test costs 220000 dollars with aims to cut forecasting variance to 30 seconds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
UPI
Donald C. House
Kansas City Weather Bureau
U.S. Weather Bureau
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Washington, D.C
Clarence W. Reynolds
Office of
Avacation Weather Services
House
Female Invaders End Dad's Dream Of Private Den
Suburbia humor piece portrays a family's takeover of the private den. The wife and children move in with sewing machine, TV, piano, ironing board, phone, and hats as the father retreats to a now shared space nicknamed the kitchen. The piece satirizes domestic gender shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dad
Private
Suburbia
U.S.A
UPI
Father
SAC
Father’s den
Civil Defense Action Gathers Momentum Under Kennedy
Federal officials report progress after 15 years of talk, with a 93 million dollar nationwide shelter survey planned to locate and stock basements and public buildings. The program includes do it yourself shelters, a 50 million person capacity aim, and a NEAR buzzer warning system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Just Talk
Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Berlin
United States
Congress
Edward A. McDermott
Office of Emergency Planning
America
Department of Defense
Steuart L. Pittman
Civil Defense
Michigan
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Radio City
U.S
House
Planetarium Opens With Public Show At ASU
The Arizona State University planetarium will host its first public show on Thursday November 2 at 7 30 p m on the third floor of the physical sciences building. ASU graduate assistant Dick Pointer from Kent Ohio will lecture. One show monthly. 40 seats available by reservation through the general physical sciences office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona State University Planetarium
Ernest E. Snyder Jr
Department of General Physical Sciences
Physical Sciences
Dick Poiner
Kent
Ohio
ASU
Snyder
General Physical Sciences Office
Now You Know By United Press International
The A3D Sky warrior jet bomber is described as the largest carrier based aircraft in history. It measures 72 feet in length with a 73 foot wingspan and weighs over 35 tons when fully loaded.
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United Press International
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Girl Scout Troop 12
Kachina
Sharon Menzel
Jani Johnson
Dorothy Copeland
Rene Chaillie
Joanne Fowler
Suzan Pringle
Kathy Lind
Marilyn Adams
Jennifer Burns
Barbara Hoefelmann
Jennifer Munns
Jan
Stinstny
Martha Faye Lindsay
Jeanne Woodward
Judy Scala
Jackie Butcher
Claudia Gayle Currie
Kathy Hickerson
Marsha Stieber
Sandy Rice
Cynthia Brewer
JoAnne Hammond
Phillip Copeland
Charles Hoefelmann
Douglas
William Boeing
KLM
Royal Dutch Airlines
Navy
Marines
Pacific
Java
Australia
Uofa
California
White Mountains
Bishop
C. W. Ferguson
Fritts
U.S. Forest Service
By Edward Cowan
Battle Creek
Mich
Civl Defense
White Plains
N.Y
Baltimore
Ghe
Wagon Wheel Radio & TV
Allstate
Allstate Insurance Office
Scotisdale
Scottsdale, Arizona
Whitney
Allstate Insurance Companies
Skokie
Eastern Electric CO
Ales Gr
Arizona
U.S. Civil Service
Lincoln Service
Dept
Pekin
Ilinois
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