Blue South Platte plan details outlined by engineer witness
Mills E. Bunger testified in histrec court about a proposed 480 million dollar Blue River South Platte water diversion. The plan would collect water from western slope streams, tunnel under Vail Pass, and route water through Ten Mile and Fraser rivers to the eastern slope with multiple reservoirs. The Moffat tunnel route was debated against Montezuma as the bureau favored Montezuma for directness and lower risk. future cost updates were noted.
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Mills E. Bunger
Wheat Ridge
Bunger
South Platte
Homestake
Turkey
Gort
Vail Pass
Ten Mile Creek
Blue River
Greens Mountain Reservoir
Snake Rivers
Straight Creek
Williams River
Fraser River
Moffat
Kremmling
Caloraio
Inez
M. O. Shivers Jr
Englewood
Moffat Tunnel
Bureau
Association
James H. Knights
Reclamation Bureau
Knights
Donald A. Carpenter
Denver Water Board
John Dickson
James Oh. Knights
Bureau of Reclamation
Blue River - South Platte Conservancy
Blue River - South Platte
Keight
Regional Engineering Board
Empire
Denver
Atomic Test Impairs Vision of Two Women Watchers
LAS VEGAS November 9 Two women who viewed the atomic test from five miles away without protection report temporary vision impairment. AEC physicians found no permanent damage and issued warnings for residents within 60 miles of the test site about a brilliant flash expected June 27. Judith Burke and Valerie Graves, a major joroler player and a Camp Mercury telephone operator, observed dark spots and tender eyeballs. treatment was provided and the preblast advisory covers a 60 square mile area the largest warning issued.
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Las Vegas
Mies
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Judith Burke
Valerie Graves
Camp Mercury
Final Work Near for Big T Canyon Plant
Loveland report notes construction on the Big Thompson Project power plant at the canyon mouth to begin around July with completion slated for June 1959. The House earmarked 49.0 thousand dollars for a total cost of about 1.13 million. The seasonal plant will operate mid May to September, delivering 4,500 kilowatts per hour to Loveland and northern Colorado. Project manager George Highly and office engineer Paul Roosa cited rising regional power demand and long-range planning.
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Loveland
Big. Thompson
Paul Roosa
Lfice
Bareat of Reclamation
Big Thompson Canyon
House of Representatives
Colorado
Roosa
George Highly
Knowland Opens Effort To Speed Up Civil Rights
Washington Republicans attempt to bypass Senate committees by placing the House passed Civil Rights bill directly on the Senate calendar. Southern Democrats cry foul calling it legislative lynching as Sen Knowland cites a rule to move the measure forward, while Sen Russell counters with the 1946 Congressional Reorganization Act requiring referral to committee.
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Washington
Senate
House
Sen
Knowland
California
Russell
D-Ga
Evans Additions Begun at Evans High School
Evans undertakes 82575 dollars in additions to Evans high and grade schools. Kurl Schwarz is architect. Fraser, Fugate and Western Construction Co. the contractor. E H Horton Plumbing and Heating and Herdman Electric handle mechanical and electrical work. Completion slated for Sept 1 in time for school opening Sept 3. Accreditation granted after state inspection.
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Evans High
Kurl R. Schwarz
Evans
State Department of Education
State Board of Education
National Association of
Don Bennell
Evans System
Highway AS
Eleventh Avenue
Two More Killed in State Traffic
Colorado highway traffic fatalities reached 128 on Thursday, 27 fewer than last year. Harold Loxan Petri, 53, of Westminster, died when his car left Adams County road, struck a culvert, and overturned pinning him with a broken neck. Jose Ramon Marquez, 35, of Cepulin, died Wednesday night in a crash at a dead end intersection a mile from Cepulin, when his car collided with a barrier.
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Colorado
Harold Loxan Petri
Westminster
Jose Ramon Marquez
Li Dara
Petri
Adams Femunty Road
Marquez
Cepulin
Kishi Calls Japan to Build Free World Role in Asia
In a Senate speech and later to the House, Prime Minister Kishi urged Japan to take a constructive role in Asia in facing communism, asserting economic and social progress without the Communist party. He avoided trade friction and the case of Army Specialist William S. Girard in his remarks.
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Washington
Japan
Kishi
Congress
Asia
Senate
House
United States
William 5. Girard
State Highway Central To Coat One Streets Here
State Highway Central plans to coat Eighth Avenue from Fifth to Twenty-second Street and Ninth Street from Eighth Avenue to Twelfth Avenue. Work starts at 4 a.m. Monday, aiming to finish downtown earlier with minimal traffic disruption. District engineer Lawrence C. Bower notes two tubberized asphalt loads will be used and weather will affect the three day schedule.
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Eighth Avenue
Fifth
Twenty-second Street
Ninth Street
Twelfth Avenue
State Highway Department
Lille
Lawrence C. Bower
Highway Department
Bower
House Group Urges Post Office To Cut Services
The House Appropriations Committee told the Post Office Department to curtail several mail services and operate within reduced funds to avert a repeat of a fiscal debacle. It sliced 1644 million dollars from the department's request for 1494 million to supplement 23,142,000,000 for the fiscal year starting July 1. The panel indicated it would back its recommendations when the money bill is considered next week and urged reexamination of city delivery and Saturday service in light of evolving business patterns.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Post Office Dept
Houce
Summersfield
Govt Appeals Girard Ruling in Japanese Trial Case
The government appeals a ruling barring surrender of Army specialist Girard to Japan for trial. A petition to the Supreme Court argues the decision is wrong and urges early action. Signed by Attorney General Brownell and Solicitor Rankin, the filing questions executive discretion in international jurisdiction amid a pending summer adjournment.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Gi William &. Girard
U. S
Josep C. McGarrihy
High Tribunal
Ally
Herbert Brownell
J. Lee Rankin
Justive and Defense Dept
T ‘O
Douglas
Iafl
Middle East
Executive
United States
Japan
Diapsn
West
Firme Uage
Neka Gakai
Thunderstorms Break Atlantic Coast Heat Wave
Storms swept New England and the lower Madison Valley toppling trees and washing out roads as heat collapsed across the coast. Philadelphia hit 99 degrees for a record eighth day, while Newark and Norfolk posted hot readings. Tropical rains and mooding caused flooding across lowlands from Sioux Falls to near Mawarden, with calls for dike patrols as states tally rising deaths and crops drown.
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Associated Press
New England
Madson Valley
Templeton
Mass
Mercury
Huston
Philadelphia
Two Dead Aboard Carrier FDR in Steam Explosion
In Jacksonville Florida the aircraft carrier Franklin D Roosevelt limped to port after a pump exploded 100 miles off the coast during a training exercise. Two crewmen were killed Bobby F Tyet 22 of Spartanburg South Carolina and Sidney R Wall 20 of New Orleans South Carolina. Five were seriously injured and twenty nine more suffered heat exhaustion or related effects as crews attempted rescues. Live steam sprayed through an open hatch during the blast.
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Sjacksonvilet
Fla. A
Franklin UD
Sohem
Plan To Modernize Korean War Armistice Under Review
Ambassador You Chan Yang said 16 allied powers have agreed on a program to modernize weapons in South Korea and that a Panmunjom meeting Friday will notify Communist forces of the Western alliance's intentions. He warned the armistice must be amended to allow UN buildup to counter North Korea's growing tank, artillery, and air strength.
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Washing
South Koran
You Chan Yang
South Borea
Yang
United Nations Command
Western Alliance
Panmunjom Triday
North Korea
Commie
Ile
Korea
Free World
Sculptor Osweld Dies In New York Death
Sculptor M Osweld deepfner aged 23 died Wednesday in New York. His works adorned the Kansas City War Memorial and the Cunard and Woolworth buildings, among others.
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Damnceton
M. Osweld Deepfner
Kansas City
Cunard and
Woolworthy
New York
Farmers Vote on Wheat Referendum Across States
Farmers vote Thursday on marketing quotas for the 1358 wheat crop in a referendum that could reshape crop controls. Quotas limit sales to a farm’s acreage allotment with penalties for excess, while government controls face criticism from Agriculture Secretary Benson.
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Washington Wn
Agriculture Dept
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Colorado Weather Forecast With Scattered Thunderstorms
A garbled weather update notes a Thursday high around 83 and low 44 in places, with 7 p.m. temps near 4 and a 96 reading between 1 and 2. Isolated afternoon showers to the southern mountains and northern regions, cooler northwest by Friday night, highs in the 70s to 80s and mountain lows around 50.
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Thursyday
Hign
Tow
Colorado
Regional Weather Wyoming Tardy Clouds and Showers
Cloudy in Wyoming with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the north on Thursday and Friday. Cooler air moves in along the northern frontier Thursday afternoon, with Friday turning cooler. Lows reach 35 to 45 in the mountains, with cooler readings elsewhere.
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Wyoming
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