Virginia Tech airport to expand runway for bigger planes
Virginia Tech's 33 year old airport in Blacksburg begins work on a 4600 foot new runway with grading for 6000 feet. The longer runway will allow twin engine, charter flights and increased flight instruction for ROTC cadets and civilian students with fees up to 600 dollars for private licenses.
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Virginia Tech
Twin Beach
Air Force
ROTC
Defense Department
Army
Air
Tech
Army Peresonnel
Bruce
W. H. Byrne
Radford
E. Spuregeon Warner
Aberdeen
N.C
Warner
Explorers Attend Regional Conference at U S Naval Academy
William Pickeral of Shenandoah joins 650 regional Explorer Scouts from Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland Virginia and D C at Annapolis for the Regional Explorer Conference. Delegates toured Bancroft Hall the Naval Academy and historic Annapolis and elected regional representatives for the 1966 National Explorer Conference.
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William Pickeral
Shenandoah
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Boy Scouts of America
Bancroft Hall
Naval Academy
Old State House
George Washington
J. H. Browne
Exploring Service
A. J. Rubino
FAA to Honor Pilot and Crew of Damaged 707 Jet
FAA to honor pilot Charles H. Kimes and crew after a Pan American 707 diverted to Travis AFB California with 143 passengers and 10 crew following an engine and wing loss after takeoff from San Francisco. N. E. Halaby to present citations at LAX at 5 30 pdt. The crew’s mastery surprised Boeing officials.
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San Francisco
Federal Aviation Agency
United States
Charles H. Kimes
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
San Francisco International Airport
FAA
N.E. Halaby
Los Angeles International
Kimes
Field Day Planned At Angar Farm In Berryville
The Virginia Angus Association area field day will be held next Wednesday at Angar Farm in Berryville. Charles A Anderson owns Angar Farm the only Angus show cattle breeding farm in the area. Events include cattle identification by A L Eller BCIA advisor of VPI a talk on marketing by Dave Leonard and multiple judging and demonstration sessions ending with a herd walk by farm manager John Kinter at 4 p.m.
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Virginia Angus Association
Angar Farm
Berryville
Charles A. Anderson
Mr. Anderson
Virginia
Wone Clude
John Kinter
City Leaders Urged to Grow Beards in Chattanooga
Abe Koblentz, chairing Chattanooga’s sesquicentennial, urged the city commissioners to grow beards and be bold. He claimed 20,000 beards would arise, while Vice Mayor Dean Petersen was the only commissioner showing support, growing a mustache instead.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
Abe Koblentz
Chattanooga
Dean Petersen
Fruit Growers Meet July 8 at Round Hill
A Twilight Fruit Growers meeting is set for July 8 at 6:30 p.m. at Eugene Larrick’s Round Hill home. Attendees will tour John W. Larrick and sons’ apple and peach blocks, hear remarks on orchard management, and have talks on pests disease and the fruit outlook. Refreshments will be served.
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Eugene Larrick
Round Hill
John W. Larrick and Sons
Dr. C.hill
John J. Albert
H. A. Rollins, Jr
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Sydney
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Alem
Dick Menaker
Waynesboro
John Sexton
Verona
John Lewis
Wilmington
Del
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Scranton
Roger Long
Roaring Run
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York
Mike Mann
Pittsburgh
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Covington
University of Kansas
Miss Teenage America
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