Lockheed hires blind pilot Wynn Bradford in California
Wynn Bradford, a 59 year old blind former flyer, returns to work at Lockheed Missiles and Space in Sunnyvale as a trouble call dispatcher. The note details his rescue from a plane crash and the company’s accommodations, including phone bell tuning and coded call cards, enabling him to work with aerospace jargon and pride in earning his first paycheck since the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stagg
Wynn Bradf
California
Savanna
Smith College
Northampton
Massachusetts
Bradford
Thomson
Wynn
Lockheed Aircraft
Sunnyvale
Calif
Lockheed
Mrs. Stagg
Harold Stanley
Dean
Harold
Pearl Pallace
Edna Harry Ve
Hadley Losey
St. Louis
Catherine Foran
Stanley
Wynn Bradford
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Aerospace
United States
American Air Lines
Lockheed Missiles and Space Company
Winn Bradford
Jim Lewis
Polaris Electronics
Goodwill Industries
National Goodwill
Chuck Ward
Santa Club
Crooz
Ward
Carroll County Development Corp Formed to Boost Jobs
A county wide nonprofit corporation received a charter from the secretary of state to promote industry recreation and civic projects across Carroll County. It aims to attract industry with a government loan program and seeks 1000 members to fund its efforts with life memberships at 1000 each. Local calendars list school board meetings and community events with numerous clubs and reunions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aoe
Notice of Claim Day in Estate of Mabel Pape
The County Court of Carroll County Illinois sets Monday August 5 1963 as the claim date in the estate of Mabel Pape Deceased. Claims may be filed before the date without summons Administrator Lawrence A Smith of Smith Smith Attorneys Na Bank Building Savanna Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Pape
Carroll County
Illinois
Lawrence A. Smith
Smith & Smith
Na— Bank Bldg
Savanna
Prize Money Up for Carroll County Tractor Pull
Prize money totaling 1170 will be awarded at the Northern Illinois Championship Tractor Pull during the 1963 Carroll County Fair at Schell Park. The event features light medium and heavyweight classes with cash prizes and trophies from Carroll merchants and local FFA members providing weight men for the pull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Schell Park
Milledgeville
Artman Implement Co
Mt. Carroll
Handel Implement Store
Chadwick
Chadwick Supply Co
Carbaugh Farm Service
Lana
FFA
FHA
Arnold Fink
Clifford Lichta
Lanark
Fair Board
National Safe Boating Week Proclaimed by President Kennedy
The 1963 proclamation designates the week starting June 30 as National Safe Boating Week to promote safety on waterways. The document urges publicization by officials, organizations, and governors to reduce boating accidents and loss of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States of America
Congress of the
John F. Kennedy
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
United States
Vereton
Feruary
Dean Rusk
Local Harvest Event Rules and Start Time Stated
The rules note that weight includes the driver and tractors may be reweighed after the evening pull if judges decide. The contest will start as scheduled and any participant not ready will be placed last.
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Brookmill Rd
Los Altos
Carroll County Development Corporation
American Legion
Legion Auxiliary
Indergarten
Ons
T. A
P. T. A. Board
Music Boosters
West End Home Bureau
York Progressive Home Bureau
Cub Scout Pack
TNT Club
Communit Church
Spotlight Club
Community Church
Eac
Golden Rule
Baptist Church
WSCS
Methodist Church
Mary Circle
Rut Circle
Order of the Eastern Star
Fulton
Ladies Aid
Weeneesey
Black Oak Grange
Rubye Hill
Thomson High School
Connie Schmitt
Normal
Ill
Isaac Decker
Old Mill Park
Arab Biel
Arai
Savanna Lumber CO
W. Madison St
Carroll Fair
Marvin Holesinger
Henry van Zuiden
Morrison
Donald Damhoff
Rockford
Rock Island
Post Office Department
Rockford Sectional Center
Forte River
Ashton
Baileyville
Belvidere
Byron
Caledonia
Capron
Cedarville
Chana
Cherry Valley
Coleta
Dakota
Davis
Davis Junction
Dixon
Rurand
East Dubuque
Eleroy
Elizabeth
Emerson
Forreston
Franklin Grove
Freeport
Galena
Galt
Garden Prairie
German Valley
Haldane
Hanover
Harmon
Holcomb
Kent
Kings
Mount Carroll
Mount Morris
Nachusa
Nelson
Nora
Orangeville
Oregon
Pearl City
Pecatonica
Polo
Poplar Grove
Red Oak
Waddams Grove
Warren
Winnebago
Winslow
Woodbine
He Neeng
Rock Island Sectional Center
Voy
Aledo
Andalusia
Andover
Annawan
Atkinson
Barstow
Buffalo Prairie
Hooppole
Illinois City
Joy
Lyndon Corona
Cordova
Deer Grove
East Mo Mine
Erie
Fenton
Genesee
Hampton
Hillsdale
Lyndon
Lynn Center
Matherville
Milan
Moline
New Boston
Orion
Osco
Port Byron
Prophetstown
Rapids City
Reynolds
Round Grove
Sherrard
Silvis
Tampico
Taylor Ridge
Clinton
Allied van Lines
Carstensen’s
Clinton, Lowa
Small Fry
Shannon
Little League
Pony League
Diehl
Margaret 5S
Heusinkveld Insurance
Thomson Recreation
Considine’s Insurance Agency
Sebert Dykstra
Fulton, Il
Clarence Bolhous
Insurance and Real Estate
Thomson, Ill
Iowa
J.H. Potts & Son Lyons Shopping Center
Main Ave
J. M. Fay
Llewellyn Fay
John O. Seesser
DIAL
Fulton, Ill
Jerry’s
Thomson, Illinois
Voss
Chevrolet Brookwood
Bob
John
Lewis Motor Co
Chevrolet Sales & Service
Conoco
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