Vast Laboratory Of National Monuments Protect Features
The National Park Service faces a vast mission protecting 171 units across the United States. A daily flood of 500 to 1,500 information requests comes from schools and the public. Monuments guard single features while parks protect extensive natural phenomena across Alaska to Utah, with Death Valley the largest US monument.
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National Park Service
United States
National Park System
Yellowstone
Glacier
Yosemite
Grand Canyon
Katmai
Glacier Bay
Alaska
Katmai National Monument
Glacier Bay National Monument
Death Valley
Deatly Valley
California
Jewel Cave
South Dakota
Lehman Caves
Nevada
Oregon
Crater Lake National Park
Utah
Shoshone Caverns National Monument
Wyoming
Dinosaur National Monument
Colorado
Fossil Cycad National Monument
South Daota
Statue of Liberty Facts From A Washington Note
The Statue of Liberty sits on Bedloe’s Island in New York waters with surrounding sea under New Jersey. Upkeep costs about $60 000 yearly. The seven National Park Service families on the island vote in New York City. The statue weighs 225 tons, copper sheet is three thirty seconds of an inch thick, and the head and torch were shown in Paris and Philadelphia respectively.
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Petrified Forest
U. S. Highway 66
Arizona
White Sands
New Mexico
Jackson Hole
Wyoming
Grand Teton National Park
Badlands
South Dakota
Black Hills
Joshua Tree National Monument
California
Organ Pipe Cactus
Saguaro National Monuments
Capulin Mountain
Craters of the Moon
Idaho
Devil’s Postpile
Pinnacles
Sunset Crater
Wheeler
Colorado
Washington
Bed- Joe’s Island
New York State
New Jersey
National Park Service
New York City
Paris
Philadelphia
National Farm Safety Week Focuses on Accident Toll
Observance highlights farm accident toll based on National Safety Council data. It urges education and family action to reduce hazards, from hay fork injuries and broken steps to tractor safety and fire prevention. The aim is threefold: identify hazards, eliminate them, and prevent careless risks across home, work, and highway.
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United States
National Safety Council
Department of Agriculture
Wall Farm
National Fire Protection Association
Maynard H. Coe
Home Safety Quiz Prompts Practical Household Precautions
A series of checklist questions encourages safer home practices. Topics include sharpening and storing knives, unplugging and drying electrical appliances, promptly cleaning spills, using safe ladders, keeping cords away from floors, inspecting chimneys, organizing playthings, rug placement on stairs, securing matches, storing poisons, handling dry cleaning, gun safety, and general tips to reduce hazards.
Young Army Corporal Becomes Kent Mayor at 23
David Mooney, 23, former army corporal, is sworn in as Kent mayor. He will run a sand and gravel business and stay active in volunteer fire service. His agenda includes juvenile delinquency work and a $300,000 community center memorial, plus seven summer playgrounds. Road to office followed a campaign promising aggressive leadership.
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Kent
Wasei
United States
David Mooney
Pacific Northwest
Mooney
Kyug
Cooperaton
Pistol Packing Gals Protect Bank Cash
Albany bank adds female guards to protect cash. Five teller girls, friendly and efficient, are armed with .38 revolvers provided by the bank, ready to deter would be robbers.
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Albany
National Commercial Bank and Trust Company
Bays of Big Log Rafts Recalled By Rough Mill
McGregor Iowa residents recall the days of river rafting as Pierce Lumber reopens a rough mill on the Mississippi riverbank. Log rafts, now smaller, are moved by motor boats rather than stormwheelers and river men watch as youngsters line the Yellow River banks to see the rafts pass.
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Mcgregor
Owa
Mississippi
Pierce Lumber Company
Yellow River
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National Parks
Mount Tamalpais
John Muir
Devil's Tower
Theodore Roosevelt
Muir Woods National Monument
Marin County
Golden Gate
Rainbow Bridge
Arches National Monument
Devil Garden
Cedar Breaks
Zion and
Capital Reef
Chiricahua
Black Canyon
Gunnison
National Monuments
D. C
Chicago
Ill
New Yorker
W NU
Farmer A
Kansas
Montana
Wisconsin
Sewing Circle
South Wells St
Regent Fleischmann
Fleischmann
Eveready
Tes
Eyaready
National Carbon Company, Inc
East
D2nd Street
New York
N. Y
Union Carbide
Ld Aid Carbon Corporation
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