C and O Canal Was Early Dream of George Washington
Washington era plans for a Potomac waterway led to the 185 mile Chesapeake and Ohio Canal from Washington D C to Cumberland Maryland. George Washington proposed the canal in 1754 as a river bed improvement project. Construction began after 1784 with a Potomac Company charter and involved dredging blasting and dam building to enable fur flour lumber and whisky traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Potomac River
D.C
Cumberland
Maryland
United States
National Geographic Society
George Washington
Virginia
Potomac Company
Ring of Wind Encircles Earth at High Altitude
UCLA geophysicist Dr Clarence E Palmer reports a Saturn like wind ring about 100000 feet above the equator. He traces it to dust from Krakatoa’s 1883 eruption, carried in a narrow belt around the globe. Theorists have largely ignored this high altitude wind evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Earth
Equator
Clarence E. Palmer
University of California
South Pacific
Palmer
UCLA
Global winds at high altitudes steady year round says Pal mer
Data from Eniwetok bomb tests and observations in Singapore and Nairobi indicate a steady easterly wind circling the globe at the 100000 foot level. Krakatoa observations support the finding, showing the same year round wind pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eniwetok
Singapore
Nairobi
Africa
Krakatoa
Palmer
Living Fossil Linked to Earliest Times
Smithsonian adds a crustacean specimen described as a living fossil with trilobite traits. Found by Yale's Dr. Howard L. Sanders in Long Island Sound and Buzzards Bay dredging, with related samples from San Francisco Bay. Likely a shallow mud-bottom inhabitant never surfacing, explaining its long mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Howard L. Sanders
Yale University
Long
Surprised UCLA Library Receives Old Shakespeare Folio
The UCLA library shelves gain a rare folio of Shakespeare's histories and tragedies printed sixteen years after his death. Lawrence Clark Powell, the UCLA librarian, received the volume from Justin G. Turner, a Los Angeles businessman, at a Friends of the Library meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
William Shakespeare
University of California
Shakespeare
Lawrence Clark Powell
UCLA
Justin G. Turner
Friends of the Library
Heart disease deaths in Chicago prompt research push
Health officials warn that cardiovascular diseases cause half of deaths in the city and urge renewed support for research. They advocate education and community services to reduce heart disease among the young and middle aged within a decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Faulty Vision Is Held Number One Highway Menace
New York authorities warn that faulty vision and poor seeing habits are the top highway menace. The Better Vision Institute stresses drivers must keep sharp eyes and use them with broad skill as traffic grows more complex. With 88 million Americans driving daily and cars up to 200 horsepower, accidents occur frequently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Better Vision Institute
Dobbin
Wandering Mind Is Motorist's Hazard
In Washtenaw County a University of Michigan survey found drivers pre accident thoughts ranged from home to wife to exams and marriage. Distractions included children, talking, or a minor crash ahead, with one in five drivers not in peak condition. Prof Bruce Greenshields says breaking any link in the chain may prevent accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Washtenaw County
University of Michigan
Bruce Greenshields
Expectant Fathers Take Spotlight In New York Club Meeting
The National Expectant Fathers Club held its annual meeting at the St. Moritz Hotel in New York City. Washington DC formed in 1948 sponsors include the National Institute of Diaper Services. Members learn baby care and may wear paternity pins as recognition of their condition and sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Expectant Fathers Club
St. Moritz Hotel
New York City
Washington, D. C
National Institute of Diaper Services
Red Cross
Aaron Bonoff
Myopia Linked to Child Eating Habits in Study
Chicago reports that the Better Vision Institute notes a possible link between myopia in children and eating habits. Many myopic youngsters refuse certain protein rich foods like milk, cheese, meat, fish, and eggs. Boys with active myopia are fussier, and myopic girls are even more selective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Better Vision Institute
Roads Are Big Business in U S Highway Spending and Taxes
New York study shows about 6 billion dollars spent on highways in the United States from 1920 to 1953 and nearly 954 billion collected from 1925 to 1952 from highway users through fuel taxes lubricating oil fees and federal motor vehicle excise taxes. The report outlines the growing scale of road construction and the evolving funding mechanisms shaping national infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Ruthven Ramettes Clinch Sectional Over Pirettes 66 42
Ruthven Ramettes upset the Pirettes to capture the sectional title 66 42 on home court. Ann Langehough Jane Langehough and Shirley Thompson starred as Ruthven pulled away after a close first half while Sentral of Fenton defeated Ayrshire 47 41 for consolation honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruthven Ramettes
Pirettes
Ramettes
Sentral of
Fenton
Ayrshire
Jane Langehough
Ann Langehough
Ramette
Ruthven
Marlys Hermanson
Shirley Thompson
Hermanson
Pirette
Ann L
Grachtinger
Langehough Sisters
Graettinger
Veer
Seneeneetensee
Shirley Thompson sAbaseneeeee
Karen Reeves
Boone man survives living grave with fractured collarbone
Jim Pittman of Boone escaped a gravel test cave in near Jefferson when a bank collapsed, burying him to the shoulders. He crawled/struggled out with a fractured collarbone and minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Pittman
Boone
Jefferson
Also Mentioned on This Page
C & O Canal
Rhine Bridge
Dusseldorf
Germany
St. Pete
Fla
Princess Caroline of
Monaco
Grace Kelly
Reisi Ajallo
YAO Auietas Monier
Etfort
Juanita Chapman
Marge Anderson
Trudy Rierson
Mary Kay Thorson
Susan Shiley
Karen Schoning
Mary Finnegan
Janet Enderson
Colleen Brown
Sandy Buhl
Wanda Schrader
Sentral
Virginia Garber
Financial Reports
Are
Besi -Dle Et
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!