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Rolling libraries got going in 1905 with a horse-drawn wagon operating out of Hagerstown, Md. The motorized variety was widely in use before World War I and grew in popularity until well after World War II. Of late, branch libraries, mail order services and other ways of circulating books have been making bookmobiles seem a bit quaint, but there are at least 1,500 in operation in the 50 states. The Indiana department of public instruction still keeps two bookmobiles on the road each summer. This summer they distributed some 40,000 books, embracing 800 titles, at a cost...
Deborah A. Whitaker Hagerstown...
Clancy W. Pollock Hagerstown...
Edith L. Finn Hagerstown...
Halting Costs. Last week an unexpected new entry moved in for a share of the compact-jet market. Fairchild Hiller Corp. of Hagerstown, Md., announced that it will soon begin U.S. production of the F-228, a twin-engine jet that will carry from 50 to 60 passengers, cruise at 500 m.p.h., give optimum performance on the 100-mile to 200-mile hops that are the bread and butter of the regionals. Fairchild will produce the plane in cooperation with Royal Netherlands Aircraft Factories Fokker. Since the Dutch company has already designed the plane and built its prototype...