Soviet Barred By Lame Alibi
Washington reports Russia was not invited to the Virginia coast display of naval power yet the State Department offered a weak excuse about invitations limited to American and NATO participants. The piece notes Russia’s historical role in exploration from Peter the Great through Fort Ross and Alaska purchase, plus a census-like tally of Russian immigration, contextualizing the stranded naval exhibit.
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Washington
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Virginia
State_Department
Americas
NATO
Fedor F. Presnakov
Oregon
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Vitus Bering
Alaska
Fort Ross
San Francisco
Alaska Purchase Referenced in 19th Century Debate
The fragment describes debates over the 1867 treaty and Russian ships in American waters. It notes a Senate vote on April 9 with advice and consent and mentions a $7,200,000 payment and gratitude toward Russia for sending ships to the Confederacy, framing Alaska's purchase as related to those events.
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Confederacy
Senate
England
France
Alaska
Blast at Mine Fatal to Man
Clarksbury June 13 Grady G McNabb 44 of near Clarksburg died today in hospital from burns suffered in an explosion at a strip and auger mining operation of Wolf Summit Coal Co Three other men were reported in satisfactory condition that night McNabb was the forward man in an auger hole pushed back into a slope when the blast occurred Officials suspected accumulated dust as the likely cause Cotton derives its name from Kutn meaning a plant found in conquered lands Catton was grown in India as early as 3000 B C
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Grady G. McNabb
Wolf Summit Coal Co
J. G. Edwards
L Nabb
Edwards
India
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