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.
Jack Schaefer, a newspaperman turned author of westerns whose best-known work was the novel Shane, died Thursday at St. Vincent Hospital in Santa Fe, N.M. He was 83 years old. Mr. Schaefer, who had lived in Santa Fe for the last 20 years, died of congestive heart failure, said his wife, Louise Deans Schaefer.