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August 12, 1929

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ZEPPELIN AWAITS SOVIET PERMISSION FOR ROUTE TO TOKIO; Date of Departure Depends on Approval of Alternative Courses Over Siberia. ECKENER READY TOMORROW He Tells Crew to Prepare to Start Then or Wednesday-- Ship in Condition. ARDUOUS FLIGHT FORESEEN But Engineers Declare Motors Can Run 1,000 Hours and No Trouble Is Expected. Calls Undertaking Difficult. Rest Refreshes Crew. ZEPPELIN AWAITS SOVIET PERMISSION

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Dr Eckener awaits Soviet permission to fly over Siberia; preparations for Tokio trip continue

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Buck Owens

1929Buck Owens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006)[†]

Alvis Edgar "Buck" Owens Jr. was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was the frontman for The Buckaroos, which had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music chart. He pioneered what came to be called the Bakersfield sound, named in honor of Bakersfield, California, Owens's adopted home and the city from which he drew inspiration for what he preferred to call "American music".