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r«ff» 5-BPrithy. September 1. 196t PAILY CAPITtl NEWS. leffemtt City. M.UFOs Sighted Across Texas In 1897 Great Airship FlapB? FRANK MA8QUELETTE ,church, *aw the so-called air- airship was seen by other cit- has been sailing throughout theHouston Post Writership.zens when it sailed over the A brrgltt light seemingly city at 5 to 15 miles an hour HOUSTON lt;AP' — Yellowed abont Venus, moved Most described it as ctgar-shape.newspaper clippings tell of a fWiftly to the northwest, dis- and same said it had long wingsseries of sightings across Texas appearjng beneath the horizon on either side, in 1897 of the mysterious air- ,n a few minutes it rea,v,hip They add up to what lt;rilt;1 . The light emitted a t Storles ,tw *!la'amtght be railed wrlc, intermittent fla,h«v '“cceedtnglv aba“«*-The Great Airship Flap of of , stM, color No r»r (cabin. *mt viewers claimed to have1897. Some of the accounts re wag seen talked with the airship* crew-semble accounts nowadays of men One man said the pilotUnidentified Fixing Objects Hpit-5 another Atlanta. Tex- ^ld him We win ** ln Gr«*c« Consider this report from the H5 ApriJ 1S) _ TOere uas con. day after tomorrow.”1R97 Houston Daily Post: Child- ,lderable excitement her. today.I Another man said he detectedatr^hin was cauf:ed bv a v*silatlon las1 nl*hl three men on board passing outmuch talked-of arshiP was by the mysterious airship. temperance tracts and singing, s^n here last nigh about 1 16 It was first seM) bv Jtml.-Nearer Mv God to Thee o clock. The Rev. .1 W. Smith Neiaon a farmer ... His atten-l About „ wepk ,atercame thisCjt|on wa* attracted by a peculiar report ,n ^ Houston Daily Post[noise and. looking up. he dis- of April 28. 1897:covered the mysterious aerial,^ou*h' flr*‘ !haL traveler. . Merkel. Texas. April 2(1 -Ilfehml « • m m.„l nr . -o' ««lt;* * *» lt;♦*««««* pa,„et r,turn,ng ,r0Wstraight (o the earth with great church las, nigh, nol„.fd a1 * rapidity and Mr. Nelson s hair neavv object dragging alongIt soon disappeared, travel- stood out with fright . wlth a rope attached.ing in a westerly direction. The “But within two or three hun-Rev. Smith thinks that it must dred feet of the earth, it paused They followed it until inhave been 2.000 feet high and for an instant . . . then moved crossing the railroad it caughttraveling very fast off at a rate of speed about on a rail. On looking up theyOr this one. Longview. Texas, equal to that of an ordinary pas- saw what they supposed was theApril 20 — Last night about sengcr train.” airship.9 30. the Post correspondentwas the first to discover curious aerial monster.country“It sailed directly over the public square, and when it reached the north part of town, collided with the tower of Judge Proctor’s windmill and went to pieces with a terrific explosion, scattering debris over several acres of ground, wrecking the windmill and water tank and destroying the judge s flower garden.The pilot of the ship is supposed to have been the only one aboard, and while his remains' are badly disfigured, enough of the original has been picked; up to show that he was not an inhabitant of this world.SECOND LIEUTENANT — Richard Bohning of 208 Chestnut St. 1* commissioned a second lieutenant in the U. S. Army at the Lincoln University ROTC Department. Present for the ceremony was his wife; Capt. Qulester Craig and Lincoln University President Earl E. Dswson. (News-Tribune photo)In the Armed Forcesand family, on returning from The Atlanta dispatch say* the“It was not near enough to get.Mr. T. J. Weems, the U.S. Signal Service officer at this place and an authority on astronomy. gives it as his opinion that he 'the pilot) was a native of the Planet Mars . . .Papers found . . . are written in some unknown hieroglyphs. . This ship was too badly wrecked to form any conclusion as to its construction or motivean idea of the dimensions. A P°werNew COOK-NO-MORE method makes homemade jams in minutes with...light could be seen protruding -The town in full of people to-from several windows: onebright light in front like the aa^ headlight of a locomotive.After some 10 minutes man was seen descending fhe rope; he came near enough to be plainly seen; he wore a light blue sailor suit, was small size.day who are viewing the wreck gathering specimens of strange metal from the debris. The pilot's funeral will take plac^ at noon tomorrow'He stopped when he discovered parties at the anchor and cut the rope below him and sailed off in the northeast direction.The anchor is now on exhilt;u , „ bition at the blacksmith shop of£ ™i,l L?“’ raver-,a'' ' Elliott * Miller 1, attracting to make delicious jams without «h/D «#tn»r,rtmo hrturc hmimn iL.m. attention of hundreds ofspending hours boiling and skimming. You go from fruit to finishin just minutes. Pen-Jel makes this new Cook-No-More method possible and it's homemade — delicious!mni 33 ncipes h every f»ckag§ AT GROCERS EVERYWHEREITHE PEN-JEL CORPORATION. Kmim City, Mo.people.”Another bizarre account was found in the April 19. 1897. edition of the Dallas MorningNews:Aurora. Wise County, April 17 — About 6 o'clock this morning the early risers of Aurora were astonished at the sudden appearance of the airship whichGET 50 EXTRATop Value StampsFROM CLARK...the premium peoplerrr7.T.Tr,7AT.\L;7,-:r.7.T.-:r.':r.T.-:r.T.Tr:-jiPowell Proposes 10-Year Program To Help NegroesThe captain was graduated from Prairie Home High School in 1958 and from Eastern Washington State College. Cheney, in 1962.His wife, Merry Ellen, lives in Spokane, Wash.KRALArmy Pvt STEPHEN H. DURRILL, 19. son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard M. Durrill, Fulton, was assigned to the 504th Supply and Transportation Battalion near Crailsheim, Germany. August 9.Durrill. a supply clerk in the battalion’s Company A. entered on active duty in February 1966 and was last stationed at Ft. Gordon, Ga., before arriving overseas.He was graduated from Fulton High School in 1965.STEPHEN .!. KRAL. 19 sonof Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Krai of Elston, was recently P«»not-1 a.”ed to rank of Specialist E-4 afterWILLIAM LOYD RAGLAND,NANCT LUCILLE 8HULER.|19, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.rank W. Shuler of Iberia, has enlisted into the Navy for a period of three years.Upon gradua tion from recruit training at the U.S. Naval SHULER Training Center, Bainbridge. Md., Miss Shuler will be advanced to seaman apprentice, and granted a 14-day leave before reporting to her next duty station.She is a graduate of Iberia High School.WASHINGTON lt;AP - Rep Adam Clayton Powell propoaedap-pr* thefour months of combat duty inViet Nam. completed b.neWhile in Viet Nam he received the Ranger hit and the Black Beret. He is now stationed inKorea where he assists in train- (Wednesday a $95-billion, 10-year ing p«.rsonnel there.Army Pfc EDWARD G. ROBINSON, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Robinson. Linn, is participating in a three-week field training exercise in Graf-enwohr, Germany.During the exercise he is taking part in weapons firing and tactical maneuvers as part of an Army program to maintain proficiency in combat units.Robinson, a supply clerk, entered the Army in November 1965 and was stationed at Aberdeen Proving Grounds. Md., before arriving overseas in April of this year.He is a 1965 graduate of Linn High School.DEL MONTEPEACHESSLICED or HALVES4£$rDEL MONTEFRUITCOCKTAIL4a-; *1$100Caseof24$5.97DEL MONTEPINEAPPLESliced, Chunk, Crushed3No. 2 con*Case$7.89Training Center,San Diego,Calif., and was. . .. . . . . given a 14-dayAmerican,” In full equality — J»P*n to participate in a meet- ,4§ve with hi,and said there 1, no room in h» !* a Ro-vai Australian p.r„ls, Mr. RAGLANDPian tor Sargent Shriver. JTfo Y *poverty program director. meeting will touch on tradei _ . .. . . , . .. 1ideas, national relations, and . ?land °d , to- *' Army Pvt DONALD R. CAZ-Powell suggested that a man training in jungle and special Navy s 120 Day Delay Enllst_ ZELL, 19, sonwarfare. ment Program in February q{Krai attended Simonsen Jun- J.966, and ,r€P^rctcd !?r act.ive Virgil H. Caz-ior High School and was grad- duty June 1966 al St Route 1,uated from Russellville High Following his leave,. Ragland] was named hon.will report to the Naval School or graduate inCommand at San Diego, where bis wheeled veh-like Secretary of Defense Rob- ) ert S. McNamara or Secretary . of Labor W. Willard Wirtz be \ put in charge of an economici School.equality ilrive linking the war _______________on poverty, m.npower retrain-! Army Pvt JAMES 1. NOB- he will attend the Navy-, Sonar , c, e mechanic. - . . ^ 4 LETT. 17. son of Mr. and Mrs. School for 20 weeks. course at Ftmg and economic development. A NoWet(_ m5 Fran. Rag]and „ . 1965 graduata of t^nard wood'.The Negro congressman said1** St., completed a six-week Eldon High School. Aug. 5.Shriver should resign as head of: fCI*ra’ coum at Ft D u r i n g theLeonard Wood, Aug. 25. eight - week CAZZELLthe Office of Economic Oppor-iDel Monte Fresh PskKOSHER DILL SPEARS......Del Monte Fresh PakCUCUMBERCHIPS$|00 2 592*59DERBYCHILIORTAMAIK
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Jefferson City Daily Capital News
Jefferson City, Missouri, US
Fri, Sep 02, 1966
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