■Participants in the YMCA Wilderness camping program are getting in shape for an eight-day trial walk set for this month. A total of 50 miles will be covered during the event, which is the first of its kind ever planned by the group. They are presently undergoing two weeks of conditioning which include physical exercise as well as map and compass work and basic camping rules. Bjorn Wiberg is program director.
■U.S. Rep. Silvio O. Conte, and Sen. Edward W. Brooke today announced the award of a $1,082,181 Navy Department contract to the Electro-Optical Division of Kollmorgen. Conte said the Kollmorgen Corp. will construct five 15 B&D Navy periscopes, along with ancillary items, technical data and engineering support.
■Christopher Robare, son of Doris and Robert Robare of Easthampton, was selected “Bluejacket of the Quarter” for his professionalism and knowledge of the job in the engineering department on board the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman.
■A 66-year-old Northampton man whose private plane lost power shortly after take-off Saturday and crashed into a swampy area in central Massachusetts was “perfectly fine” today. Robert W. Jeffway of 225 Elm St. was able to walk away without serious injury from the crash in Charlton, according to police reports.
■Three new Amherst police officers who recently graduated from the Western Massachusetts Regional Police Academy are participating in the department’s 12-week field officer training program. Benton J. Carr, 24, Andrew C. Hulse, 21, and Kasey J. Nagle, 25, are now considered Amherst police officers.
■Madison Granger of Belchertown has been named the Daily Hampshire Gazette Girls Track & Field Player of the Year. She won races at nearly every major meet she competed in this spring. This is Granger’s second player of the year honor. She was also named the girls cross country player of the year.