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Las Vegas Sun in Las Vegas, Nevada

17 Aug 1975

Page 14

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Las Vegas Sun

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Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1975

Page

14

Great Chief Meets Nevada Wagons on Trail to Valley Forge

Special to The Sun notes 1845 meeting near Wells Nevada as John C Fremont's party received peaceable escort from Shoshone Chief Tomoka. The Nevada Bicentennial wagon train 130 years later meets Chief Frank Tomoka, great great grandson, who greets the emigrants and hands the ramrod to Justin Coon with a sheet of?

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Alan Jarlson Valley Forge John C. Fremont Kit Carson Joseph Walker Great Basin Fremont Sierra Nevada Nevada Frank Tomoka Tomoka Justin Coon Wells Pennsylvania Bicentennial Commission Coon
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All Walks Of Life On The Long Road East

A Bicentennial Wagon Train travels eastward with diverse riders including a Hawaii coed, a widow, a veteran and a packer from Washington. The group exchanges a leather scroll with Chief Tomoka, plans to deliver documents to Valley Forge for the 300th birthday celebration, and continues toward South Pass, Wyoming in September.

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Three Island State Park Idaho UPI Hawaii Alaska Sharon Wheeler Pupukea Portland State Miss Wheeler Portland Colette Bevis Miss Bevis Lola Bowen Tenton Wash Pennsylvania Gay Jorgenson Washington Cascades Issaquah Falls City Tomoka Valley Forge Coon Nevada South Pass Wyo Washington Oregon Utah
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Grapefruit Diet Pill Promises Fast Weight Loss

An advertisement touts a chewable grapefruit pill claiming up to a pound lost daily without exercise. It cites vitamin fortified extract, allows eating various foods, and offers 10 to 30 day supplies with an unconditional money back guarantee.

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