50 Years Ago

Herald of July 25, 1974

An intensive search is being continued in mountainous areas of Blair County for a private plane with pilot and one passenger missing since June 7.

Gov. Milton J. Shapp will make a visit to Martinsburg next week during the annual Morrisons Cove Dairy Show. The governor will be here Friday to make the top award in the open Holstein show.

Ten Altoona-bound passengers and the crew of an Allegheny Commuter aircraft escaped injury Tuesday when their plane was forced to make a belly-landing at Harrisburg because of a malfunction in its landing gear.

Fire destroyed one store and damaged two other buildings in Roaring Spring’s business district early Wednesday morning, July 18, 1973. Now, one year later, improvements made by the new owners are apparent in the two remaining buildings.

The Blair County Tourist and Convention Bureau will hold its first automobile mystery tour of the season on July 28.