A Blimp Ride Sparks Wonder and Pride Among Travelers
The writer recalls two blimp experiences with Goodyear Mayflower and Columbia, praising blimps as peaceful, uplifting transport. Pilot Verner Smith and Roy Belotti describe handling, ascent, and landing, while observers note the smiling public and blimp’s impractical charm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodyear Company
Verner Smith
Captain Smith
Goodyear
Columbia
Navy
Rubber Company
Roy Belotti
Belotti
HUAC Questions Visitors To Cuba
Congressional investigators summoned six American students for questioning over a Castro led trip to Cuba. Police prepared for possible demonstrations as a New York busload was rumored to attend. A separate case seeks indictments under U.S. travel rules.
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HUAC
Cuba
Washington
UPI
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Edwin E. Willis
D-La
House
Capitol
Walter J. Sullivan
New York
House Judiciary
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Goldwater Urges Republicans to Target New Frontier Not Each Other
UPI reports Senator Barry Goldwater speaking to Republican leaders in Chicago urging unity against Kennedy and the New Frontier. He urged Republicans to direct anger toward policy rather than fellow party members, as he framed the New Frontier as expanding federal reach.
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Chicago
UPI
Barry M. Goldwater
Ariz
New Frontier
Goldwater
Illinois
Kennedy
National Federation of Republican Women
Charles H. Percy
Republican Platform Committee
Hayes Robertson
Cook County
GOP
Rockefeller
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Happy
Oregon
Republican Party
Washington
Desegregation Pioneers Patricia Marcus and Josephine Powell
United Press International recounts a tense Birmingham afternoon as Patricia Marcus and Josephine Powell, two Negro students, face protests and threats during desegregation at West End High School. A brick shatters a car window. the girls, guarded by lawyers, refuse comment while TV crews dog their steps.
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United Press International
Reno
Sacramento Salt Lake City
Albuquerque
San Diego
Atlanta
San Francisco
Bakersfield
Seattle
Bismarck
Spokane
Boise
Thermal
Boston
Washington
Brownsville
Chicago
Ajo
Denver
Buckeye
Detroit
Coolidge
Fairbanks
Douglas
Eart Worth Flagstaff
Esno
Fort Huachuca
I Tena
Gil
Patricia Marcus
Josephine Powell
West End High School
Birmingham
West End
Baker Elected Explorer Post 417 Officers
Rod Baker was elected president of Motorola Explorer Post 417. New officers include Larry Lindberg as program chairman and vice president, Bill Follett secretary, Jim Purtill bylaws chairman, Lee Cooprider nominating chairman, Jay McCauley finance chairman, Gene Pitzer and Bill Hardy publicity chairmen, Mike Pruewett facilities, and Jim Price refreshments.
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Rod Baker
Motorola
Columbia Power Seen For State
An Interior official testified that Columbia River dam power could reach Phoenix by 1972 via a 750000 volt DC line from the Columbia River to Hoover Dam and on to Phoenix. The project would interconnect Columbia and Colorado systems, with potential 200000 kilowatts added firm power and annual benefits of 3 to 5 million dollars.
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Washington
UPS
Interior Department
Columbia River
Oregon
Phoenix
Bonneville Power
Charles F. Luce
House Public Works Appropriations Subcommittee
Pacific Northwest
Pacific Southwest
Luce
Hoover Dam
Los Angeles
Federal Water Resources Program
Columbia
Colorado
Bonneville Power Administration
EPA
Bureau of Reclamation
Scottsdale Tram Plan Faces Commission Hearing
Allen Church, a junior at Arizona State University, seeks permission to operate the Arizona Tram Company tram serving tourists and downtown Scottsdale shoppers. The plan mirrors San Francisco cable cars, powered by a 100 horsepower tractor, with about half of $15,000 pledged by merchants. If approved, the tram could run by mid October after a public petition drives support.
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Corporation Commission
Scottsdale
Adams
19Th Avenue
Allen Church
Arizona State University
Arizona Tram Company
San Francisco
Church
Newspaper sues former workers over back wages suit
In Phoenix the Arizona Journal publishers and affiliates filed a counter claim against 103 former employees seeking 501000 in compensatory and exemplary damages plus costs alleging conspiracy to extort payment and damage the company. Eddie Lee called the counter action frivolous and said no unconditional offers were made.
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Phoenix
UPI
Arizona Journal
Phoenix Daily Newspaper
Robert Morrison
The
Arizona
Eddie Lee
Madame Nhu Labels Kennedy Policy Appeasement
South Viet Nam figure Mme Ngo Dinh Nhu said visiting the United States could feel like entering a cage of lions as she accused President Kennedy of appeasement over Viet Nam. She spoke on the eve of the Interparliamentary Union conference, defending her family's regime amid Buddhist and student protests.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
UPI
South Viet Nam
Mme
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Kennedy
United States
Ngo Dinh Diem
America
Viet Nam
Mme. Nhu
The
Interparliamentary Union
IPU
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Charles McDowell, JR
McDowell
BY Daniel Rapoport
U.S
Castro
Fidel Castro
State Department
Brooklyn
N.Y
Uss
UPI Photo
Bob Hope
Hope
Sen
Stuart Symington
City of
Ala
Baker
Arizona Newspapers
Morrison
Madame Nhu
JFK
Richard H. Growald
First Avenue
M. C. Murrell
West 1St Ave
Lee Colvin
Paul Shank
With Lee, Jim Simmons
Connie Conway
Fabulous Safari Hotel
Arizona Public Service Co
Chris-Town
Isi Avenue & Adams
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