Dust and Dusty Days Across the Plains
DAY, editor of the Ulysses News, recalls early prairie life with Ed Byers and describes dust storms transforming windblown plains. They note school relocations to avoid dust, discuss marginal land, and challenge the idea that returning land to grass is the sole path. The piece argues against blaming plains farmers and praises soil knowledge and water development.
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Ulysses News
Grant Countian
Ed Byers
South
Byers
Washington Agriculturists
Echo Park Dam Threat to Dinosaur National Monument
A letter argues against the Echo Park Dam in Dinosaur National Monument, claiming it would destroy scenery, vegetation, and wildlife. It cites Lake Mead’s retreat and costs, urges preservation, and notes Kansas’ share of the expense. The writer, H. Harold Shamel of Cherryvale, appeals to conservationists to defeat the project.
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Dinosaur National Monument
National Park System
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Sierra Club of California
Ower
San Francisco
Richard M. Leonard
Leonid
Echo Park Dam
Écho Park
Lake Mead
Erge
Secretary of the Interior
Great Smokies
Paul B. Sears
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Rockies
Kansas
Cho Park Dam
H. Harold Shamel
Cherryvale
Dozen Paid-Up Mambo Lessons Leave Fellow In Limbo
A Kansas City Star item notes a man with twelve prepaid Mambo lessons finds himself adrift as partners and crowds shift to new dances. The piece hints at social dance fads and the quirky fate of prepaid lessons when trends change.
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Kansas City
Harriman Likely to Run If Adlai Declines Presidency
Albany report says Averell Harriman, now New York Governor, would pursue the Presidency if Adlai Stevenson does not run. Harriman, liberal in Cabinet picks and a devoted public servant, signals readiness to accept the nomination should Stevenson bow out. insiders note he would back Stevenson if he runs.
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Harriman
New York
Dewey
Isadore Lubin
Roosevelt-Truman New Dealer
Phil Kaiser
Truman
Ed Dickinson
Old Mutual Security Administration
Commerce
Jonathon Bingham
Washington
Union Pacific Railroad
Wall Street
America
Wyoming
John L. Lewis
USA
al Smith
New York State
Adlai Stevenson
Adlai
Averell
Democratic Party
Averell Harriman
Stevenson Poised to Seek 1956 Democratic Nomination
Stevenson acts to run for the 1956 Democratic presidential nomination. He plans to declare openly, campaign vigorously against Eisenhower, and present himself as the alternative the party could embrace by next November. Close associates report a decisive, eager shift from 1952 behavior to active pursuit. He aims to unite Southerners who bolted in 1952 and maintain party harmony amid a tough electoral landscape.
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Stevenson
Ilinois
Eisenhower
Africa
Hisenhower
Gallup
United States
Colombia lifts forex limits. keeps some import controls
From Bogota Columbian authorities lifted restrictions on free currency trade for investment capital and tourist expenditures while retaining controls on certain imported goods. The move signals easing for foreign exchange but preserves selective import curbs.
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Bogota
Prayer Message From The Upper Rooms
Short devotional excerpt urges readers to join in prayer and follow Jesus. It references Road Mark 1 16 20 and the call to become fishers of men. The text invites believers to labor together in faith and to recite the Lord's Prayer.
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Jesus
Students Have One Gourmet Meal a Year
WILLIAMSTOWN MASS A- Each of 100 Williams College seniors who eat at the dining hall receives a gourmet meal once yearly. Sydney M Chisholm director of dining halls started the program with chef Ugo Schiappa and baker William Pratt. Each Wednesday there is a special table for eight with dishes such as baba au rhum oysters on the half shell frog legs Provencal baked boneless squab stuffed with wild rice bisque tortonia and crepes suzettes. The program aims to stimulate appetites as studies wane through the year and carries no extra charge.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Sydney M. Chisholm
Ugo Schiappa
William Pratt
Chisholm
Distaff Side sheds light on swing set woes and jokes
A humorous, fragmentary local item recalls Lloyd Haag’s failed swing set attempt and neighbors’ indifference. The piece mocks assembly instructions and eye bolts while hinting at a cat surplus and a cartoon caption about aging in the office to home transition.
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