Newport State Airport is used by visitors to the area as well as local aviation enthusiasts and the Army National Guard. It serves the corporate community and visitors to the year-round festivals at Newport. The airport provides quick access for boat owners who harbor vessels in the nearby marinas. Newport Airport.
Unbroken Irwin Schiff Dies in Prison. It wasnt the first time Irwin Schiff had been thrown in the slammer by Uncle Sam. But when he reported to start serving a 14 year sentence for tax crimes at age 77 he was fairly certain it would be the last. He was right.
Artie Shaw, Big Band Leader, Dies at 94. Artie Shaw, the jazz clarinetist and big-band leader who successfully challenged Benny Goodman's reign as the King of Swing with his recordings of Begin the Beguine, Lady Be Good and Star Dust in the late 1930's, died yesterday at his home in Newbury Park, Calif. He was 94.