The Wright Brothers and the Food Flight Era
A historical look at early aviation and the luxury of air travel, noting the Wright Brothers' teetotal roots, American Airlines service limits, and the vast logistics of inflight catering. It highlights Sky Chefs operations, cocktail quantities, and the evolving scale of transoceanic jumbo jets with 800 meals per flight and complex, multi-site meal prep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
American
C. R. Smith
Sky Chefs, Inc
U.S.S
New Jersey
California
Hawaii
Chicago
New York
Portland
Ore
American Airlines
Japan Airlines
Honolulu
Northwest Orient
Airline meal tastes and cost for airborne pantry reach 300 million
A quirky calculation notes that fulfilling all passenger tastes with a German beer and a Japanese beer aboard aircraft would require one acre of airborne storage space, priced at about 300 million dollars.
Paris peace talks strain as Viet ConG desire for peace surfaces
Kiem stressed the Viet Cong wish for peace with the allies while Paris talks face friction over seating plans. A late North Vietnamese offer prompted new wrangling with South Vietnam as Defense Secretary Clifford warned of delays and possible U S troop withdrawals before a full peace accord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiem
Paris
Defense
Clark M. Clifford
Nguyen Cao
Clifford
School Board Minutes Include Stenographer Proposal
The school board discussed recording minutes by stenographer, with unanimous support for the proposal though some members opposed including all comments. Other actions included postponing bids for septic maintenance, awarding blacktop and cafeteria supplies, and approving staff resignations and new hires. A January 13, 1969 meeting was set, with personnel changes, leave approvals, conference permissions, and a vocational curriculum consultant appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry McCullough
Kessel, Dunbar
Caldwell
Dr. Bell
Jack Williams
Williams
Wabash Valley Asphalt Company
Furni
Ture
All Valley
Stark and Wetzel
Hilgemeier Frosted Foods
Ko-We-Ba
Wabash Commission
Joe Crick
Carol Finley
Michael Miller
Vinita Cassle
Wuanetta Minnis
Patricia Secrest
Joyce Stipanuk
Elsie Warwik
Ronald M. Chester
Department of Public Instruction
Vigo County School Corp
Indiana State University
Jack Weinbaum
Betting and cabinet whispers mark Nixon transition
May reveal a U N ambassadorship favorite while Kennedy family objections dim a Shriver bid. Nixon lays out a heavy public schedule with talks in Washington and a visit to Eisenhower, while Dirksen hints at possible Johnson-like stance on the nonproliferation treaty despite questions of party unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.N
Shriver
Kennedy
Wiggins
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Nixon
Senate
Kuwait
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Tim Babcock
Montana
Interior
George W. Romney
Michigan
Housing and Urban Development
Fred Borch
General Electric Corp
Business Council
Herbert Stein
Brookings Institution
Wall Street
Washington
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congressional
Everett M. Dirksen
Johnson
Czechoslovakia
Dirksen
Nominations Named for Military Service Academies
Local youths from Vigo and surrounding areas receive principal nominations to the U S Naval and Merchant Marine academies based on screening by the Seventh District Academies Screening Board in Terre Haute. Alternates for the Military and Air Force academies are listed with multiple hometown addresses and family names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Stephen V. Allen
Willard Allen
Waynetown
Thomas F. Hans
James A. Hans
Worthington
John E. Patton
William K. Patton
Sullivan
Merchant Marine Academy
Leslie Smith
Tilghman C. Smith
Spencer
Myers
Seventh
District Academies Screening Board
Terre Haute
Mead Johnson head pleads innocent in price fixing case
Mead Johnson executive in Evansville Indiana pleaded innocent in federal court to charges of price fixing conspiracy. No trial date has been set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Mead Johnson
Evansville
Ind
Naval Academy candidates named from various Indiana addresses
The article lists multiple individuals and their parents and addresses as nominees or applicants for the Naval Academy. Included are Robert C. Alexander formerly of Greencastle now in Indianapolis, Roger Bales of RR 10, Kingman, and Don Myers of RR 8, among others at Bloomington Bloomfield Dan John White and sons with family addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashkin
State High Laboratory School
Runkle
National Honor Society
Wabash Valley Amateur Radio Association
Community Theatre and Foreign Films
Congressman Myers
Academy
Myers
Academies Screening Board
Tribune-Star Publishing Co
Indiana State University
Military Academy
Michael Bault
Thomas Bault
Gosport
Patrick A. Blose
Thelma J. Blose
Wood St
Greencastle
Gary W. DeBaun
Howard DeBaun
Waynetown
Craig Farmer
Peter A. Farmer
Donald Meagher
East South Blvd
Crawfordsville
Michael W. Noland
William A. Noland
John O’maley
Fred O’maley
Sycamore St
Loogootee
Jim Potter
Donald Potter
Cambridge Court Park Ridge
Bloomington
James R. Thomas
Robert I. Thomas
Clinton — Sherman Air Force Base
Oklahoma
Plainfield
Air Force Academy
James B. Cramer
Francis Cramer
Terre Haute
William N. Ho
Robert Mitchell
John Morton
Berry E. Morton
Montezuma
Alan Lee Sickbert
Victor Sickbert
East South St
Bloomfield
Stephen Vaugh
Camilla Vaughn
Gary Wagner
Gene Wagner
Danville
John White
Charles White
Green Road
Naval Academy
Robert C. Alexander
William R. Alexander
Indianapolis
Roger Bales
Kenneth Bales
William L. Irwin
William Irwin
Kingman
Bradford W. Johnson
John R. Johnson
Attica
John O'Maley
Syca
Illinois Man Dies of Burns in Fire Incident
Wells Leighton, 49, of rural Alta Illinois, died in Proctor Hospital from burns suffered when his clothing caught fire while lighting a oi field heating stove. Leighton, a trucking contractor, sustained first and second degree burns over a large portion of his body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria, Ill
Wells Leighton
Alta
Proctor Hospital
Leighton
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Wright Brothers
United States
Wrights
Toledo (Ohio
John F. Kennedy International
N. Y
Europe
T. H. Barbecue Supply CO
Linda Hardaway
Candace Howell
Sharon L. Palmer
Joseph Barr
Margaret Hoggatte
Charlotte Walker
Margaret Arthur
Donna Matthews
Jane Maynard
Duretta McCarter
Rosemary Menestrina
Gregory Allen Romoser
Faye Sabik
Cora Germain
Ruth Ann Glasgow
Roxie McPheeters
Elizabeth Sagraves
Boyd Schepper
Indiana General Assembly
Janet Handlin
Margaret J. Adamson
James H. Jackson
Susie Dewey
Juanita Sparks
Carl S. Riddle
Katherine Becker
Elizabeth Trimpe
Howard Turner
Georgia Cole
Edward G. Russell
Violet Crow
David Cundiff
William Kassis
William Mooney
Lillian Stuart
Sabs
Garfield High School
Taylor
Garfield
Kindel Taylor
Plaza North Now Thru
Mess Girls
Plaza North
Little Boys
Terry Bibs
Orion Pram
Orion
Little Boy’s Orion
Mess Childrens Shop
More St
Don Myers
John M. Myers
Llinois
Downtown
Orlon
Meis
Meis Bros. Co
Sute
Ocash Ocharge Oc.o.d
Indiana
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