Word: weatherly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Flown in by Air Force Globemaster, the two women beat their husbands to Washington. Captains Olmstead and McKone were forced to delay overnight in Goose Bay, Labrador, while weather cleared along their route. It was a convenient layover. It gave the two men time to outfit themselves with Air Force uniforms at the base post exchange; it gave Air Force doctors a chance to convince themselves that both men were in good mental and physical health. But there was no need to worry about what either man might say to the press. Newsmen were kept far out of reach...
...Complaint. The Air Force Constellation carrying Olmstead and McKone landed at Washington in weather that surely reminded the men of their Moscow winter. But once they walked down the steps from their plane, tossed a brisk salute to President Kennedy and located their wives, snow and the cutting wind were of no concern. Oblivious to Air Force brass and Government dignitaries turned out to do them honor, both officers kissed their wives with unabashed enthusiasm. The McKones held a long, long embrace. The first kiss left a great smear of lipstick around the flyer's mouth. Connie McKone clasped...
...Foul weather and a fine speech provided the most memorable moments of a historic week...
...other IL-18s have crashed on flights inside Russia. Each had literally broken apart while flying through turbulence. In every case the break occurred just behind the rear passenger door. First-class passengers, who are seated in the rear compartment, complain of a violent sideways jarring motion in turbulent weather. After flying back from the Congo in an Ilyushin, a top Ghanaian official declared: "I will never fly in one of them again. It's like dancing the High Life at 18,000 feet...
Surplus Ahead? While U.S. growers hide comfortably behind quotas and price supports, the world market, where prices have remained fairly stable at 3? a Ib. since the U.S. cut off Cuban sugar, is threatened by a large surplus. Good growing weather has pushed estimated world production up 8% to a record 59.8 million tons, outpacing expected demand by 3.4 million tons. Cuba and Russia alone, the two largest sugar producers, may have 6.000,000 tons between them for export. If they dump it on the market, it could send world prices skidding...