Fire at St Louis records center affects few veterans
The Veterans Administration says backup records limit disrupted benefit applications after a fire at the military record center near St Louis. Senate veteran affairs chair Hartke pledges steps to protect veterans while staff investigates.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Military Record Center
St. Louis
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Senate Committee On Veteran Affairs
Senate
Hartke
100 Year Old Woman Still Picking Cotton
Mrs Bettie Pride of Bellemina Alabama remains an active cotton grower on 34 acres and has won district and county honors for yields, pulling 1169 pounds per acre last year. She plans to celebrate her 100th year by picking cotton and continues daily farm work with familiar routine.
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Bellemina
Ala
Bettie Pride
North
Alabama
Limestone County
Pride
Birmingham
Legislation to add Chattooga River to Wild and Scenic System
Congress introduces a bill to designate 49.6 miles of the Chattooga River from near Cashiers and Highlands North Carolina to Tugaloo Lake plus 7.3 miles of the west fork in Georgia as wild and scenic. Sponsors include Taylor Dorn Mann Landrum with backing from three state legislatures and Georgia Power Co. funding for land purchase and visitor facilities estimated at 2.528 million dollars.
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Congress
Chattooga River
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Roy A. Taylor
D-N.c
William Jennings Bryan Dorn
James Mann
D-S.c
Phil Landrum
D-Ga
Taylor
House
National Parks and Recreation
Chattooga
Cashiers
Highlands
N.C
Tugaloo Lake
West Fork
The
Georgia Power Co
Itor
US Forest Service
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Ramsey Clark
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