Word: snow
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Civil Aeronautics Board investigation so far gives no hint why the pilot, Captain Charles Cochran, 45, a veteran of 14,000 flying hours who died in the cockpit, was flying too low. Despite the snow, weather conditions did not rule out a visual landing; moreover, all pilots were warned that Cincinnati's electronic glide slope indicator had been out of action since Sept. 5 while the runway is being lengthened. Airport officials hastened to give their facilities a clean bill. Nonetheless, twice before in the past six years the hills of Hebron have been a November graveyard for aircraft...
Once a military stronghold for maharajahs, the fortress of Mangla in West Pakistan has in recent years commanded nothing more than a sweeping view of a river valley to the southwest and snow-tipped mountains to the north. Last week Pakistan President Ayub Khan came to Mangla to dedicate its new clay and sandstone dam-part of a $2 billion complex that when completed will be the world's largest irrigation network, bringing water to 30 million acres of land and serving the 50 million people who live in the vast Indus River basin...
...legendary Man o War. He was such a favorite with the bettors that only in his very first race were Native Dancer's odds higher than 9 to 10. Retired in 1954 to Vanderbilt's Sagamore Farm in Maryland, the steel-grey horse gradually turned snow-white. He commanded a stud fee of $20,000, highest of any individually owned stallion, and sired 231 offspring who so far have earned more than $4,000,000. One of his grandsons, Northern Dancer, won the Kentucky Derby in 1964; one of his sons, Kauai King, won the Derby...
Election day dawned bleak and snowy, with the snow seemingly heavier on the eastern, or Negro side of town. The wind soon equalized that, and then it became apparent that the vote would be heavy-and there was every indication that a big turnout would mean a Taft victory. The pattern of Gary was duplicated as Stokes held fast to his Negro support-he got 96%-and attracted an estimated 19% of the white vote (he had received only 15% in the primary). Even so, it was close: Stokes's plurality was just...
Coach Henry Lamarr had his team practice outside yesterday in anticipation of field conditions at Brown. The field is cleared of snow, but is frozen. Poor traction on the hard ground will hamper the Crimson running game. The burden of the attack will fall on the passers...