Weather Terms From A Weather Bureau Report
The article explains how the U S Weather Bureau collects weather data from centers in major cities and airports. It outlines hourly teletypes reporting cloud conditions visibility air pressure temperature dew point wind and altimeter settings for pilots. It defines scattered and broken clouds and notes millibar sea level air pressure as a metric measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reau
U. S. Weather Bureau
U. S. Department of Commerce
Bequest By Lambeth Will Boost Thomasville Library Book Total
Thomasville librarian Mary Lee Crouse discusses a $20 000 bequest from J Walter Lambeth Jr and other local gifts to expand student reference books The Lambeth support helped fund the modern Thomasville Davidson County Library opened 1958 with glass walls and accessible design aimed at youth and students.
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Lambeth
Thomasville
Thomasville Library
J. Walter Lambeth Jr
Mary Lee Crouse
Thomasville Chair Company
Miss Crouse
Ase
Lambeth Family
Charles F. Lambeth
Crouse
Extremists Fuel Extremists in Civil War Prelude
Duke historian Robert F. Durden argues that antebellum extremism on both sides bred further radicalism. He notes abolitionists and pro slavery advocates fueled mutual fear, while Republicans and Southern leaders failed to address core questions. The result was intensified sectional tension and the looming Civil War.
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Dr. Durden
The
Historical Society of North Carolina
Southern and American Historical Assas
South
Upper South
Lower South
Hurdle
Durden
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Dick Paul
Enterprise
Bea
Fae
Bige
Ciety Srered
Ak Qik Sass OF
Maertin Polar
Stavionary
Dick Paal
Bonnie Moore
Davidson County Library
Ernestine Lambeth Mobley
Thomas Austin Finch Jr
Davidson County
Water Department
City Hall
Dick Colwell
By Bill Strawn
Durham
Duke University
Robert F. Durden
Tremely
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Deep South
Republican Party
Bennie Moore
Haizlip
R. A. Phipps
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