VIRGINIA'S ROAD CHIEF SLATED FOR RETIREMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000100120007-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 6, 2000
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: November 7, 1957
• Content Type: NSPR

WASHINGTON STAR N O V 7 1957
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Slated for
Virginia's Road Chief
6 ???u .~ w~~ uen, tinaerson was Dorn 66
gfi es ^ '' years ago at Linden in Warren
LEXINGTON. Va.. Nov. 7.- on annointmcnts. The htah-
ny MARY Lou WE1i,NER steadfastly that he would make
star staff Correscondent no :, re-election commitments
"'Me fi~rT the
Virginia Highway' Conference
and a meeting of the highway
commission, said any, official
:announcement would have to
come from the Governor's of-
fice at Richmond.
But two members, of the
Highway Commission,confirm-
ed that Gen. Anderson was
stepping aside to retire to his'
farm near here, and the gen-
eral commented, "When I do
leave, I hope it will be by re-
tirement and not, by resigna-
tion."
Lauded by Stanley
The speculation was
that F. A. Davis, 57, deputy
commissioner rand chief engi-
neer, would be appointed go-
tint, Commissioner by Gov.
stanky
The hway commission it,
self ;Zneeting here today.
It had leer the practice of the
commission for several years
'to hold its scheduled meeting
in connection with the: Vir-
ginia Highway Conference,
Gen. Anderson has been the
head of Virginia's highway
system since 1941. Gov. Stan-
ley today in a speech here com-
plimented Gen. Anderson on
the "many notable advances"
Virginia's highway program
has."ade under his leadership.
(iT Anderson would be
stepping aside almost simul,-
taneously with the completion
of the gigantic Hampton Roads
bridge-tunnel system, the larg-
est project ever undertaken by
Appointment Up.tat Almond
Appointmetit'of' s peiTh r ent
head of the highway depart-
ment would be up to Gov.-Elect
J. Lindsay Almond, jr., wh
takes office January 11.
%6Mr. Almond has maintain J
County. He was graduated
from Virginia' Military Insti-
tute in 1913 and later headed
the engineering department
there. He became dean of the
faculty in 1937.
During World War I he
served in the Virginia National
Guard rising the rank of
lieutenant ciel.
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