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...last week, these lines were more or less back to normal service, but the biggest of the European carriers, British European Airways, which carries more passengers than any other airline outside the U.S., was in continuing turbulence. Sir Anthony Milward, chairman of the state-owned BEA, passed the trouble off as a "bad patch" of flying; passengers characterized it as a chronic inability to get off the ground in proper flying time...
Oversold. Milward issued a statement passing the blame on to the Rolls-Royce Tyne engines that power BEA's 19 Vanguard propjets. Since mid-May, metal fragments have been showing up in the engine oil sumps, and they were found to come from compressor bearings. Pilots have had to call off flights just before takeoff because they have found oil pressure too low, and with as many as four Vanguards at a time in the shop for repairs, often due to a shortage of spare parts, the fault has had a snowball effect on BEA schedules. The newer three...
...bill, while 21 voted against it. Twenty-seven Republicans voted aye, while only six said no. In addition to Barry Goldwater (see following story), the dissident Republicans were New Hampshire's Norris Cotton, Iowa's Bourke Hickenlooper, New Mexico's Edwin Mechem, Wyoming's Milward Simpson and Texas' John Tower...
Russell was on his feet again, this time with an amendment to the Journal. His "amendment" turned into a two-hour monologue, while Alabama's John Sparkman snoozed at his desk and other Senators sat glassy-eyed. At 3:15, Russell addressed a parliamentary inquiry to Wyoming Republican Milward Simpson, who was sitting in as the Senate's presiding officer...
Hickey is now engaged in a tough election battle, and Democrats are concerned about losing his seat. Former Gov. Milward Simpson, whom Hickey defeated for the governorship in 1958, is trying for a political comeback and has decided on a very conservative approach to national affairs. Although no flaming liberal, reluctant New Frontiersman Hickey presents Wyoming voters some contrast with Simpson's Goldwaterism...