Ballon Record Flight Reaches 13.71 Mile Height in 1985
In 1985 a helium filled balloon reportedly reached a record height of 13.71 miles for a manned flight, a record that stood for 21 years.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1964
Page
5
In 1985 a helium filled balloon reportedly reached a record height of 13.71 miles for a manned flight, a record that stood for 21 years.
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Zanzibar's foreign minister said the new government will be socialist but not necessarily Cuban in pattern. The interview noted possible ties to China despite a cautious stance toward external influence.
New Delhi reports indicate growing public and Congress pressure for Prime Minister Nehru to relinquish many duties as his health falters. Former Home Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri is eyed as a likely cabinet and party successor, with Indira Gandhi reportedly shielding him from politics.
Dear Abby helps a reader fear the dentist chair and seek moral support. A married woman questions trust and future with her husband after rumors of bachelor behavior and dancers. The column offers cautious guidance and urges honest dialogue, plus a confidential reply option.
The Virginia Senate Roads Committee urged extending a 3 percent tax on out-of-state road construction equipment to all out-of-state contractors. Sen. William F. Stone of Martinsville will have the bill redrafted. The aim is to level the bidding field so Virginia contractors compete with out-of-state firms on projects elsewhere.
At a CIA and Cigar Manufacturers of America meeting in Atlantic City officials say 60,000 American women already smoke cigars and predict more will imitate Danish patterns and light cigars publicly. Britain has ruled Basutoland as a landlocked island in the middle of the Republic of South Africa since 1868 under King Moshesh and Queen Victoria.
A dense listing of TV programs, times, and film titles across channels and segments. It includes The Rifleman, Maverick, The Texan, CBS News, The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock, Route 66, and sports events, with noted news, weather, movie matinees, cartoons, and late-night shows.
Readers explore a classroom friendly guide showing the Soviet Union’s reach just 90 miles from the U S. The piece outlines major world divisions by race and religion and highlights regional flashpoints in Laos Vietnam Malaysia and Indonesia where Western and Communist forces clash directly.
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