Built in England Aerial steam engine forerunner of planes
Washington UPI reports that in the 1840s UK designers William Samuel Henson John Stringfellow and collaborator John Chapman created an aerial steam engine with models and plans that anticipated later airplanes. Publicity harmed the project. the models failed and the trio faded, while the idea foreshadowed the Wright brothers success at Kitty Hawk in 1903.
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Wright Brothers
North Carolina
Sand Dunes
Library of Congress
John Jay
New York
John Chapman
William Samuel Henson
John Stringfellow
Stringfellow
London News
L’ilustration
Henson
Aerial Transit Co
Texas
England
Chard and Cremorne Gardens
London
Kitty Hawk
Local Labor Day visits fill weekend in Washington area
Mrs Matilda Wasson and Louise visited in Burlington with her sister Mrs Frances Lowe while J E Lemmon, ill for months, is now at Clyatt Memorial Convalescent Hospital in Daytona Beach Florida and celebrated his 62nd wedding anniversary. Families gathered in Montezuma Oskaloosa and St. Louis for reunions as Pfc Embree returned from San Diego on leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matilda Wasson
Louise
Mrs. Wasson
Frances Lowe
Burlington
J. E. Lemmon
Clyatt Memorial Convalescent Hospital
South Beach St
Daytona Beach
Fla
Gordon Mitchell
Montezuma
A. H. Oswandel
Mrs
Ralph Mitchell
Oskaloosa
Raymond Rittenhouse
St. Louis, Mo
Ralph Martin
J. H. Campbell
Phil Embree
Marines
San Diego
Calif
Lysle Embree
Twenty - Nine
Palms
TV Highlights and Evening Schedule Summary
A TV guide style list covers ABC CBS NBC primes and repeats. Highlights include Letters from Viet Nam narrated by tape letters from a helicopter pilot, a conversation with Mrs Goldwater at home near Phoenix, and dramas like Rawhide Dr Kildare Perry Mason New Christy Minstrels and Suspense Theatre with color presentations.
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Viet Nam
ABC
U.S
Phoenix
Rawhide
CBS
Rowdy
Dr. Kildare
NBC
Yvette Mimieux
Perry Mason
New Christy Minstrels
Pacific Ocean Park
Santa Monica
Calif
Suspense Theatre
Korea
Newspaper masthead and staff credits
David Elder, Editor and Business Manager William Shannon, Vice President, Advertising Director Charles Morris, News Editor Bob Shaffer, Local Advertising Bruce Cowden, Contributing Editor Howard Hazen, Production Superintendent Published afternoons, except Sunday, Christmas and July 4th Entered as second class matter under Act of March 3, 1879 at post office, Washington, Iowa United Press Leased Wire Members: Inland Daily Press Ass'n. Iowa Daily Press Ass'n. Iowa Press Ass'n., Audit Bureau of Circulations
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David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Bruce Cowden
Howard Hazen
Washington
Iowa
United Press
Inland Daily Press
Iowa Daily Press
Iowa Press
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Janet Richards Feted At Green and Bronze Shower
Miss Janet Richards was honored at a miscellaneous shower hosted by Mrs. Brad Goff with Jo Ellen Morgan assisting. Colors green and bronze were used, gifts centered with a miniature bride, and bows tied onto a green net pillow. Miss Richards plans to marry J. Ogden Shelman in October. Special guests were the couple’s mothers, Mrs. Willis Richards and Mrs. G. O. Shelman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Richards
Brad Goff
Jo Ellen Morgan
Miss Richards
J. Ogden Shelman
Willis Richards
G.O. Shelman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Norman Schoonover
Ray Miner
Ft. Madison
Howard Harms
Freeport, Ill
Howard Kile
Bettendorf
Schoonover
Steve Madsen
Decatur
Mrs. Madsen
Stanley Chabal
Richard Madsen
Steve
Madsen
Sheila Chabal
Eddie Crayne
Elliott and
Sherry
Omaha, Neb
Bill Crayne
R.M. Anderson
United Press International
The
Washington Evening Journal
Campbell
Cae
KRAFT
Miracle
Musselman’s
Chuck
Colby
Sauerkraut
Sunkist
Jonathan
Woo
Fuhr
Cochran
DIAL
Vacuum Service
Phillips
Robert Lenninger
Downtown 66
Evening Journal
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