Show U me ab IROS lw BY ROLLIN BROWN A STRONG MANS right FIGHT WITH THE FORCES or OF EVIL the ile eastbound east bound wot was held up at the sand hills hilli tank lank top stop at dusk cattle were being tolen stolen from the ranges range who was pulling these jobs joba jim doone donne deputy sheriff went out into the desert to tee am then there was w pretty senorita dolores alvaro was the she behind it til all suspicion ion pointed strongly in her direction desert debert rote rose Is 1 a dramatic exciting A story etory one thoroughly enjoy START IT NOW A WEXT mer WEER viem f ww MEWS MW S OF FLIERS AND AMO flyd FLYING OUTLINE STEPS TO SECURE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR PORTS by A SHEAD correspondent 7 washington D C air mind ed folk throughout the country and particularly those in the small towns are hailing passage of the federal airport old aid bill which is expected to speedup speed up construction of some new airports in the next ah vy seven years the new act carries with it a federal ERO 0 era appropriation of million amig b N 1 l 0 B L A I 1 4 V dollars which Is a 50 per cent federal building participation in the cost of these airports which means a billion dollars of airport construction during this next seven year period an and d the bill Is so worded that emphasis Is placed upon construction of small airports that is landing strips 1800 to feet in length states and communities are to match the federal appropriation on en an equal basis 75 per cent of the federal money to be distributed on a basis of area and population anil ancl 25 per cent to be used by civil 0 DECIDE AC 0 E 14 k ra aeronautics administration as a discretionary fund in carrying out the national program the act restricts the use of the money to public projects and funds become available july 1 1946 but CAA says it will not be able to approve expenditures for about six months after passage of the act it will wilT take that long for them to develop specifications and procedures G and draw up the new program CAA officials have emphasized that they will not even be able to consider ampil applications tor for airports until their national study is complete for this preliminary planning congress has provided them with three million dollars in the law the government agrees to pay it a flat 50 per cent of the construction costs for airparks air parks for major airports class 4 or larger it will pay up to 50 per cent of construction costs the government will pay more than 50 per cent of the airpark project costs in states 0 containing large areas of public nontaxable non taxable lands allowable costs CONTACT CAA besides field surveys av an preparation f OF offic yi v E 1 ON of those plans tor for and administration specifications buildings include preliminary PLANS hangars cannot be built with federal funds the first step for any of the small communities among the incorporated towns in the country wishing to benefit under the terms of the new law would be to go to the state aeronautics agency for help in developing ve a community airpark whatever department in your state handles these projects will play a large part in negotiations tor for the M i federal airport program and they N can also help the smaller communities 4 s with planning and engineering service in some cases they can provide financial aid for construction ARAB the CAA will consider master plans prepared by these state agencies CAA tor for their states so these agencies washington DC should be able to give advice on your local chances of receiving federal grants NEAREST CAA civic planners should next study DISTRICT OFFICE their needs to determine the size and scope of the original YOUR 0 project an airpark can be built on as little as 37 acres but a suggested apts P likina minimum is one landing strip feet wide by 1800 feet long remembering that CAA must approve the site careful attention should be paid to location with regard to con convenience en lence reasonableness of cost soil drainage freedom 0 N from surrounding obstructions i possibility of expansion etc and heres an important item any community can borrow from the federal works agency to finance planning costs whether or not it intends being included in the federal program will make interest free advances through its bureau of Q 1 V AL community facilities such loans to be repaid it and when construction Is started t r e 0 0 VAO rc ua TOTOr A a tart ta RT |