Pan Am orders 25 Boeing 747s boosting long distance travel
Pan American World Airways will take 25 Boeing 747 jets at 525 million dollars, the largest commercial aviation order to date. The 747 will carry up to 490 passengers, cruise at 633 mph, and cut costs for cargo and passengers by up to 35 percent while opening new transoceanic capabilities by 1969.
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Pan Am
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Fire School Road Completed and Plans for Fundraiser
Norman Pope announced completion of grading and an access road at the Fire School training grounds on Woodstock Lane. He reported blueprints were submitted for bids and the Firemen’s Executive Assn. will host a Sept. carnival at Ward Plaza to raise funds.
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Insect Life Outnumbers Other Animals Worldwide
An Encyclopaedia Britannica statistic notes about 80 percent of known animal life comprises insects. The remark appears in a Winchester Evening Star page dated Thursday April 14 1966.
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Franklin opposed bald eagle as national emblem
Benjamin Franklin criticized selecting the bald eagle for the United States emblem and proposed the wild turkey instead. The fragment also notes potatoes and a price, 1.99, without clear context.
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