Word: shannons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...week), plus 50% of the cost of the machinery and up to one-half of the cost of building a plant. In addition, it will pay the full cost of building plants in the underdeveloped western counties. To companies locating plants in the customs-free port in Shannon, it gives a tax holiday on export profits until...
...Delft (from Aug. 24 to Sept. 14), specializing in porcelain, silver and paintings. In the Scandinavian countries there are savings of up to 60% on stainless-steel flatware and silver (e.g., Georg Jensen silver costs about 1½ times more in New York). Impressive bargains are at shops of Shannon, a customs-free airport. An ounce of Jean Patou Joy perfume costs $20.50 v. $28.20 in Paris, $50 in New York...
...Ireland, a big Alitalia airliner took off from Shannon Airport, outbound for New York, reached an altitude of 300 feet, then unaccountably veered off to the left and crashed. The fuselage of the big Italian DC-7 ripped through a country churchyard and a flock of sheep, leaving a mile-long trail of bodies, tombstones and burning debris. Said the Rev. Thomas Comerford, pastor of the church: "People were screaming, sheep were crying, and dogs were barking. It was like a scene from hell." Of 52 aboard, 30 were killed, and many of the 22 survivors were critically burned...