Majestic Rockies National Parks Highlight Beauty and Trails
A feature on Glacier Yellowstone Grand Teton and Rocky Mountain National Parks describes their awe inspiring mountain scenery glaciers and lakes. It notes Glacier near the Canadian border with 200 lakes and 1000 miles of trails and Grand Teton’s jagged peaks. It covers park elevations trails access and visitor amenities around Estes Park Grand Lake and Jackson Hole.
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Rocky Mountains
Congress
Yellowstone
Rockies
Glacier
Rocky Mountain
Grand Teton
Tetons
Snake River
Columbia
Glacier Park
Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
Logan Pass
National Park Service
Jackson Hole National Monument
Jackson Hole
Jenny
String
Leigh
Jackson
Alpine Park
Teton Pass
Teton Range
Snake River Range
Teton Country
Denver
Long's Peak
Trail Ridge
Glacier National Park
Estes Park
Grand Lake
National Park
National
Rocky Mountain National Park
Colorado
Montana
St. Mary
Everglades Wildlife Refuge Planned as 1300000 Acre Park
The National Park Service and the State of Florida plan a new national park in the Everglades to preserve its primitive wildlife refuge. The area hosts diverse species including crocodiles, alligators, numerous fish, and many birds such as egrets and bald eagles across 1.3 million acres of islands and dense vegetation. Indians in the region hunt fox, bear, panther, deer, and raccoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Cooperative Action Nets Homes In Memphis Veterans Housing
Memphis in 1947 advances veteran housing through cooperative city and builder effort led by Wallace E. Johnson. The program cuts costs by in-house timbering and brick exchange, with subsidized utility connections and finishes 55 two bedroom homes for veterans at $5,250 to $7,000 each. Johnson receives a National Home Builders association prize for Meritorious House Design.
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Washington
Memphis
Tenn
Wallace E. Johnson
Johnson
Potts Camp
Miss
Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division
Memphis Vets
National Home Builders Association
Home Builders of
Memphis, Tenn
Underpass Drift Quietly Alters Dupont Circle
A reflective piece laments planned underpasses beneath Dupont Circle in Washington as traffic growth prompts removal of trees and the reshaping of the area. The author recalls five elm varieties and historic charm while noting highway plans and a reported 75 percent drop in accidents after prior circle work.
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Lafayette Square
Andrew Jackson
Connecticut Avenue
Dupont Circle
Washington
Dupont
Ygegdrasil
District of Columbia
H. C. Whitehurst
Thomas Carcle
Scot Circle
Commission
Tornadoes Leave Wide Path of Destruction and Fatalities
Tornadoes cut a broad swath across midwestern and eastern states causing multiple deaths and widespread damage. Reports cite nine dead in Bright Water and Garfield Arkansas, eight miners killed in Terre Haute Indiana, and a fatality in a North Carolina rural area near Fairmont with hundreds homeless. A Pennsylvania rail wreck and a significant Canada New York line incident accompany the weather disaster narrative.
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Fairmont
N. C
Bright Water
Garfield
Arkansas
Missouri
Iowa
Worth
Clio
Dallas
Tex
Pennsylvania Railroad
Middle Pennsylvania
New York
St. Louis
Palestine Debate Fails To Clear UN Steering Committee
At the United Nations, the 14 nation steering committee rejected Arab requests to debate ending the British mandate over Palestine this session. Osvaldo Aranha failed to broker a compromise as Arabs insist on recognition of eventual independence rather than immediate action. President Miguel Aleman visited Washington and urged hemispheric unity while opening talks on a potential American loan.
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Palestine
United Nations General Assembly
Assembly
Holy Land
Osraldo Aranha
Brazil
Washington
Pres
Miguel Aleman
Truman
War and Navy Departments
Pan-American Union
Congress
Aleman
Farm Product Prices Decline After March Peak
Washington reports farm product prices fell about 1 percent in the month ended April 15 from mid-March peak, with the index at 276 percent of the 1909-14 average. Prices paid for production inputs rose, boosting parity prices slightly. hogs averaged 24.30 per cwt, butterfat 69.5 cents, milk down due to seasonal production, and wheat and rye prices fell.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
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National Parks
Ina
Everglades
Cooperative Action
Nets Homes
Baukhage
Comeau
WNY Service
Eye Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
America
West Coast
Bankhage
Dee Ainsworth
Marion MacConnell
Los Angeles
Central America
Spring Hill
Terre Haute
Ind
Centralia, I
Exeter
Plymouth Pa
Pennsy
Errol Flynn
Tori D’ Andres
Ters
Gettysburg
D'Andres
Flyne
Bine
Franchot Tone
Lucille Balt
Boyer Ridge
Huntingdon
Red Arrow
Sunshine
Dr. Aranha
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