End of W V A Marshall crash hearings
NTSB hearings into the Marshall University DC9 crash conclude with a “reasonable assumption” pilots were on a safe approach. Weather, altimeter readings, and instrument issues are examined as no definitive cause is announced for about six months.
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Southern Airways
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Marshall
North Carolina
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Killsman Instrument Corp
Angus
Frank Abbott
Abbott
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McDonnell-Douglass Corp
Brumby
Behan says houseboat fired on at Shoreham by Sea
Brian Behan brother of Brendan Behan reports shots fired at his houseboat near Shoreham by Sea England. Police say four or five shots were heard. Behan 43 a former leftist agitator and now a student at Essex University lives aboard with his wife and three daughters.
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Brian Behan
Brendan Behan
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Essex University
First Pony Express Mail Run and Telegraph Milestone
The World Almanac recalls the first Pony Express mail run from Sacramento to St Joseph, about 1000 miles apart, beginning on 3 1860. Westbound mail took 10 days and eastbound 11 days at 5 dollars per ounce. The service ended October 24 1861 with the completion of the transcontinental telegraph.
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St. Josepe
Miata
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