Virginia forecasts 12 million bushels of apples in 1970
At the Virginia State Horticultural Society meeting in Roanoke, Wilkie W. Hunt and B. R. Lacy III predicted Virginia’s 1970 apple crop would exceed 12 million bushels, about 15 percent above current production. They cited shifting markets, rising per capita apple use, and a move toward processing apples, with Shenandoah Valley expected to grow in influence.
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Roanoke
Virginia
Wilkie W. Hunt
National Fruit Co., Inc
Winchestér
B. R. Lacy III
Front Royal
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Hunt
Ples
Apple Institute
Appalachian
New York
California
Michigan
Lacy
York
Shenandoah
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Shenandoah Valley
Tree Changes and Mechanical Picking Proposed for Research
Virginia horticulturist Dr. Howard A. Rollins Jr urged focus on tree modification and mechanical harvesting at the Virginia State Horticultural Society meeting. He cited limited promise of mobile towers, noted two tower types, and reported slower picking versus ladders. He also highlighted rootstock scion trials, a test planting to form a tree wall, and growth regulator use.
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Roanoke
Virginia
Howard A. Rollins, Jr
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Deefield
Rollins
Rollins Gand Ter
Assembly Resolution Marks Death of Dr. Gaines
Virginia House prepared to introduce a resolution expressing regret at the death of Dr. Francis Pendleton Gaines retired president of Washington and Lee University. The joint resolution honors Gaines for expanding endowment education restoring athletics and shaping leaders, noting his final years with Robert E. Lee's legacy.
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Gaines
Richmond
Francis Pendleton Gaines
Washington and Lee University
Virginia House of Delegates
House
del. Bernard Levin
Norfolk
W&l
Cenanen
Ens Gers Landey
Waverlyn Univerend
Robert E. Lee
United States
Ates
Washington and Lee
Virginia Public Schools
Mississippi State College
Furman University
Wake Forest College
Ode
Hancellar
Cape Kennedy Launching Pads Bulge With Rockets
Cape Kennedy Florida reports a busy start to 1964 with 29 space launches planned, including Relay 2 on Jan 21, Saturn 1 two stage test on Jan 27, Ranger 6 lunar relay, and Titan 2 for Project Gemini aiming for manned flight later in the year. The year promises a banner era as NASA accelerates toward a manned lunar landing.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Cape Kennedy
United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Pilot Crashes Private Plane Into Oklahoma Baptist University
Former mental patient Robert Lawson, 43, ignored police gunfire and pleas from Fred Reese, who taught him to fly, and crashed a rented single engine plane into Shawnee Hall at Oklahoma Baptist University. He was killed. no other injuries reported as students faced final exams. Lawson’s son Mike is a student. his former wife Vashti teaches in a junior high.
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Shawnee, Okla
Oklahoma Baptist University
Tues
Robert Lawson
India
Okla
Shawnee Hall
Lawson
Thurmond Hall
Mike
Vashti
Fred Reese
Shawnee
Reese
Widow Charged In Shooting in Fayetteville
An 88 year old Fayetteville widow, Mrs. Betty Morris, is charged with murder after a Sunday shooting that killed 20 year old Philip Ray Akers at her home. Deputy Dempsey says the fatal shots followed an argument over car possession. Akers was shot three times in the chest.
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Fayetteville
W. Va
Earl Dempsey
Betty Morris
Philip Ray Akers
Dutch Dam Transforms Zuider Zee into Freshwater Lake
The Zuider Zee has been turned into a freshwater lake with thousands of submerged acres reclaimed. A 20 mile dam holds back the North Sea and new land is being diked and drained, a project likened to damming Long Island Sound and filling two-thirds of its 1,200 square miles.
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Zuider Zee
North Sea
Long Island Sound
Jurors Return Indictment For Murder In Va Case
An Alleghany County grand jury indicted Elmer Lonard Baker on a murder charge for the slaying of a county woman on October 10. Baker, 29, of Hot Springs, will be examined at Southwestern State Hospital in Marion to determine mental competence to stand trial at the request of his attorney.
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Covington, Va
Alleghany County
Elmer Lonard Baker
Rt. 2
Hot Springs
Baker
Southwestern State Hospital
Marion
Radford Names Turpin City Engineer
Radford Virginia AP reports Richard B. Turpin 29 year old Virginia Tech civil engineering graduate chosen as new city engineer to succeed Ellis Moran. He will earn 7200 dollars annually and begin January 27 after Moran leaves to head Radford College buildings and grounds.
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Radford
Richard B. Turpin
Virginia Tech Civil Engineering
Ellis Moran
Turpin
Moran
Radford College
First US Radio Broadcast from Brant Rock
The first radio program in the United States aired from Brant Rock Massachusetts. The fragment notes a pioneering broadcast era beginning in the early mass media history.
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United States
Brant Rock
Mass
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Safe Flight: Planes Deflect Lightning as Minor Threat
Article notes that travelers face only minor danger from lightning strikes. It explains aircraft act as lightning rods, deflecting electrical charge rather than absorbing it, with many planes hit but passenger risk kept low.
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