C5 Galaxy test flight hailed as highly successful
Marietta Georgia AP The C5 Galaxy completed its first test flight with minor glitches, prompting Lockheed Georgia President Tom May to call the mission highly successful. The military cargo plane weighs 497000 pounds at takeoff and can carry 350 troops, with potential future commercial use explored.
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Marietta, Ga
Tom May
Lockheed-Georgia Co
Air Force
Lockheed Georgia
May
Seed Tree Rule Tightened Eight Pine Seed Trees Per Acre Now Required
Virginia forestry officials report the 1968 General Assembly amended the Seed Tree Act increasing the required number of pine seed trees left standing per acre from four to eight at time of cutting. Two poplar seed trees per acre remain required.
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C.D. Litten Forester
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Governor’s Commission
Virginia
General Assembly
Virginia Division of Forestry
Ten Year Old Governors Share Reform Sparks
In Lansing, fourth graders at Stoner School wrote essays on If I were governor. They proposed higher teacher pay and shorter school years, strict environmental rules, more lawmaking, and limiting taxes for those without funds. One student suggested no dogcatchers and others favored less government.
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Catherine Peacock
Lansing
Stoner School
Postcard's 1938 Cape Town to Pilgrim's Rest trip slowest ever
The Star notes a Cape Town postcard mailed in 1938 reached Pilgrim's Rest in May, covering 1,265 miles at about 42 miles a year or 200 yards daily. Zoologists in Johannesburg compare this to a snail's pace of 250 yards per day.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
The
Star
Cape Town
Pilgrim’s Rest
Zoologists-in-Jdohannesburg
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