Tin Goose keeps flying across Lake Erie
The 1928 Ford Tri motor known as the Tin Goose remains the island link for Put in Bay Middle Bass and North Bass Islands near Port Clinton. Ralph Dietrich Island Airlines president and crew keep the aging planes flying with parts stockpiled from Navy surplus and a hangar full of spares. The Tri motors haul passengers animals goods and even a gravestone and have carried tourists from Japan Germany and Great Britain on 34 mile trips for five dollars.
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Ralph Dietrich
Island Airlines
Put-in-Bay
Middle Bass
North Bass Islands
Lake Ewe
Port Clinton
Islands
South Carolina Eastern Airlines
Dietrich
Tri-Motors
Dietrick
Harold Hauck
Dave St Clair
Robert Moller
Bay
Japan
Germany
Great Britain
Nystrom
Apollo 15 splashes down safely despite one failing parachute
Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden return to the USS Okinawa after a 12 day lunar mission. A single parachute collapse caused a faster impact and a water landing but the crew is safe and sound. The Endeavour hit the ocean at 21.8 mph instead of 19 mph yet remained upright. Recovery helicopters lifted the astronauts to the carrier deck as a Navy Band played. Scientists at Houston will begin studying 171 pounds of moon rock and core samples tomorrow.
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Okinawa
UPI
America
Pacific
Moon
Endeavour
Hawaiiian
Oahu
David R. Scott
James B Irwin
Alfred M Worden
Scott
Mission Control
Houston
Houston Space Center
Nixon
Minot Island
Maine
All Air Force
James B. Irwin
Worden
Robert Gilruth
Manned Spacecraft Center
Lucius Clay
U.S
Frank K Everest Jr
Lke
Air Force
Army Air Corps
Irwin
Earth
Falcon
Navy
Neil Armstrong
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Lunar
James Irwin
Alfred Worden
David Scott
Frank Everest
Camping time for 50 orphans in Operation Open Heart
More than 50 orphaned boys and girls from Lorain and Summit Counties will spend three days with "parents" as part of Operation Open Heart. Boys from Green Acres Oberlin and Summit County Children's Home Akron will be paired with county law enforcement officers and businessmen, while girls from Green Acres and Elyria Mothers YWCA will spend time with designated "mothers" at Camp Clare-Mar. The program, started 15 years ago, includes a police car ride to Mill Hollow Park, planned fireworks, swimming, boating, and a donor-supported camp setup with trailers, with Cleveland Cavaliers players possibly visiting. A hoped-for permanent campsite is sought.
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Lorain
Summit Counties
Lorain County
Green Acres
Oberlin
Summit County
Akron
Elyria
Maters
YWCA
Clare-Mar
New London-Eastern Road
Huntington- Rochester
Y-Maters
Marvin Fenwick
Clarence Goetz
Andrew Ortner
Ortner Air Service
Birmingham
James Lloyd
Vermilion Police Department
Operation Open Heart
Mill Hollow Park
Vermilion
Lloyd
Mill Hollow
Ralph Kurtz
Camp Iss
Harper
Elyria Post
Weather report: sunny days and warm lake winds
Mostly sunny today and tomorrow with highs in the low and mid 80s. Lows tonight near mid to upper 50s. Rain probability near zero tonight. Lake Erie winds variable 6 to 12 knots today and fair conditions.
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Lake Erie
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Metropolitan Opera
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Leo Nystrom
C-T
John Kenney
Soviet Union
United States
Lunar Orbit
Ohinawa Spas
Decreeense
Seree Tree
Pam
Deena Neers
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