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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF.——The Doak 76, a plane oapable of hovering, going
straight up or flying like a conventional craft, has completed successfully it**
first flight test,-, the: Army has announced.
The craft, designated the CZ-4DA by the Army, was hailed as more adaptable
than the helicopter because of it*s unique barrel-shaped power plants located on
the tips of it’s wings* The power plants, which look like large encased fans,
can swivel into positions which make the craft act like a conventional plane or a
helicopter.
The Army said the Doak 76 was designed for longer ranges and higher speeds
than helicopters and would be used as a liasion plane. It was built by Doak Ai»*
craft, Torrance, Calif.
WASHINGTON——The Post Office launched itself into the missle mail era last Monday .
It safely transported 3,000 letters in a guided missile from a submarine at sea
to a Florida naval sir base*
>- The unprecedented postal delivery was an experiment, but the letters were off- (
icial mail* Tfcey were unloaded from the Regulus I missile -which carried them
more than 100 miles from the submarine 3arboro, to the Mayport Naval Auxiliary
Air Station* From there, they were rushed to nearby Jaoksonville, Florida .for
regular postal processing*
LITTLE ROCK, ARK#——An Arkansas law prohibiting hiring of members of the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People bv any state,*, county, city or
school agency is unconstitutional, a three-judge federal court..has ruled#
The three judges, however, upheld a law which requires teachers in publio
schools to sign affidavits listing all organizations to which they belong or con
tribute*
PHOENIX, ARIZ.—Sixteen Mexican migrant farm workers met fiery death and 32 oth
ers were injured when the truck they were riding in smashed into a tree here and
caught fire.
The driver told a newsman he fell asleep at the wheel*
Memorial hospital was jammed with the injured. Four were in critical .condi
tion*
LANCASTER, CALIF.—A pretty 17-year-old girl taking flying instructions tried her
first solo flight while her instructor watched from the ground*
Marsha Dee Robertson, a junior at Valley High School and a student-body flffi
oer, took off and landed perfectly twice* Approaching for her third landing, her
rented Cessna 172 stalled, then nosed over and crashed to the ground*
Miss Robertson was killed.
DENVER, COLO*—-Embarrassed officials of Armored Motor Service met last week to
determine the amount of a reward for two men who returned 10 bags of money that
fell from one of the firm’s armored trucks*
The money bags, containing up to an estimated $100,000 spilled out of the rear
of the truok in surburban Lakewood* A company spokesman blamed the incident on a
defective look*
The bags were found in the street and returned by Wendell H* Basham, 43, and
Edwin A. KannGriberg, 59#
"We certainly appreciate their honesty," the spokesman said*
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