he flew some 100 miles through some of the nation s most highly restricted airspace all the way to the united states capitol. but how? take a look. that is 61-year-old doug hughes, a mailman from florida, flying right past the white house before his gyrocopter ultimately landed. his plans were no secret. he posted them on his website and e-mailed those to several news organizations including us. it. reporter: montgomery says he got his first call from hughes a year ago. the 61-year-old mail carrier told the reporter he was plan black he called an act of civil disobedience that would draw a lot of attention, and in the event he got hurt or killed doing it, he wanted someone to tell his story. no reports could refuse that kind of pitch and montgomery began chronicling the lead-up to today s incident. in his time off as a mailman in a tampa suburb, douglas hughes began building and modify ago lightweight gyrocopter and a plan to use it to draw attention to a political caus
celebration down on the mall. huge for the big concert down there. great weather for us today. we ll still have a nice day, but it will just be a big drop in temperatures. closer to where we should be this time of year and cooler than average in most of the area. let s get it started with the weather cam. we re waking up to temperatures that are very similar to what we had yesterday at this time, but we re not going to see that dramatic rise in temperatures that we had yesterday. filtered sunshine, 63 degrees. 65 at 1:00. a good 10 to 15 degrees cooler as we head into the afternoon. by 4:00, a lot of clouds in place. notice the easterly winds will be rather strong. 15 to 20 miles per hour at times. rain arriving in the evening. that rain will get heavy at times, so it looks like it could be messy for that monday morning drive. current temperature is 55 degrees. 57 in cull pepper. it s 59 in leesburg. those temperatures are pretty comfortable. satellite and radar showing jus
To mark the solemn occasion, three local organizations hosted Memorial Day ceremonies, with the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #10054 celebrating at its venue while the Disabled American Veterans Chapter #15 and the Pahrump Veterans Memorial Advisory Committee both opted to utilize the Veterans Memorial site for their commemorations.
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Fans have heard Fred Thomas on James Brown & The J.B.s’ “Pass the Peas,” “Hot Pants,” “Doing it to Death (Funky Good Time),” “Get on the Good Foot,” and other hits from the origins of funk. From 1971 to 2006, Fred Thomas of the J.B.’s was the primary bassist for the Godfather of Soul, Mr. James Brown.