City weighs FAA grant impact on Mid dletown runway extension
City officials review a $72 897 FAA grant toward a 700 foot runway extension at Mid dletown Airport, with total project costs over $310 000 and limited federal funding for land and utilities. They note no funds for purchasing property and await fuller guidance before proceeding. Also covered are zoning ordinance timelines and rumors about McGee family plans for a Yankee Road property, which a spokesman denies.
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Federal Aviation Agency
Middletown
FAA
Commission
C. A. Boeke
Dan Rothe
Kothe
City Commission
McGee
Yankee Road
Oxford State Road
McGees
Draft Critics Play Politics Says Hershey
Gen. Lewis B. Hershey director of Selective Service says much criticism of the draft stems from upcoming sections and political candidates seeking news. He told about 200 clerks from 46 local draft boards in New Jersey the system is not to please entrants but to meet national defense needs.
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Newark
N.J
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
New Jersey
REA Faces Uncertain Future as Rural Power Grows
AP Farm Writer Ovid A. Martin reports that the Rural Electrification Administration, once a favorite New Deal program, sees its role shrink amid rising demand and insufficient federal loan funds. While REA has extended over 5.5 billion dollars to more than 1,000 rural cooperatives since 1936, many borrowers need more capital, and a proposed rural power bank has stalled.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Rural Electrical Power Development Agency
REA
Agriculture Department
Congress
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City Beat
Jim Bohman
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By Ovid A. Martin
AP Farm Writer
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