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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1962
Page
10
Fort Lee will serve as a large scale chess board for a two week exercise testing joint Army Navy Air Force and State Department logistics to supply troops. The training aims to improve convoy coordination movement of materiel and communications among services.
LOGEX 62 involves over 6 000 personnel from the 2nd Logistical Command under Continental Army Command to test supply forces for more than 700 000 Allied troops. The exercise stresses continuous support in a nuclear biological chemical threat and coordination with civilian authorities, with 46 Army Reserve units from across the United States acting as players on maps and papers.
Jacqueline Cochran piloted a four engine Lockheed Jetstar on a 5120 mile New Orleans to Hannover run at 489 mph averaging. She claimed 49 records, the most for a single flight, and reported a top speed of 620 mph during the three leg journey with refueling stops at Gander and Shannon.
Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee says he will not sponsor a bill to roll back steel prices. He cites public opinion and stronger antitrust laws as cures for the price wage issue as his Senate Antitrust Subcommittee launches a steel industry inquiry. He spoke on NBC Meet the Press.
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