Boy Scouts End Jamboree Amid Rain and Mud
The ninth quadrennial jamboree at Moraine State Park drew 28,000 scouts ages 12 to 17 despite heavy rains. Attendance reflected efforts to ruralize the image as membership slid from 7 million to 4.5 million. A lightning strike injured 16 year old Cal D. Armstrong of Santaquin, Utah, during a storm while rushing to his tent. one serious accident was reported.
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Moraine State Park
Boy Scouts of America
Pittsburgh
Cal D. Armstrong
Santaquin
Utah
Los Angeles
Burl Ives
Becky Reid
Dallas
Tex
Miss Reid
Farah Fawcett-Majors
Ives
Plans for 1000-pupil junior high in Stephens City area
Frederick County School Board announced plans for a new junior high school in Stephens City area estimated to cost 1.5 million dollars and housing about 1,000 pupils. Keveney and Ray Robinson members of the Blue Ridge Hunt Pony Club traveled to Holland to be guests of the Dutch Pony Club for three weeks.
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Frederick County
Keveney
Ray Robinson
Blue Ridge Hunt Pony Club
Holland
Dutch Pony Club
Jamboree Scout Camp Echoes Baden-Powell Spirit in Wet Winchester
Twenty five years ago in 1952 a Winchester jamboree drew scouts to a new recreation area with a fresh picnic space and long days of activities. Scouts faced rain mud and a novel awareness trail while women helped as staff for the first time since 1937.
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Robert Baden-Powell
Baden- Powell
Kentucky
Alabama
Air Traffic Controllers Ordered Back to Work in Canada
Canada’s House of Commons ordered air traffic controllers back to work ending a three day service suspension. Emergency legislation passed 136 to 11 with a 7.4 percent pay rise and possible fines of up to 100 dollars per day for noncompliance. Senate action pending formalities.
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Canada
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Canadian Air Traffic Control Association
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Airlines’ Industry Association
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New Democrats
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