Americans in the West and East Echo a World Apart
A foreign observer group reports stark contrasts in the United States from California to Maine. They recount hostility toward outsiders, rigid private-property fences, poverty in cities, and a lack of humor amid rapid western urban growth and the Midwest’s neglect of the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Philadelphia
Central States
New York
Los Angeles
Midwest
America
Dous Power
United States
West Texan Visits Africa Not Texas in Strange Land Tale
A narrator compares Africa to Texas towns as a West Texan visits Welkom and nearby mining settlements. The piece notes the African road scene with a hopping forty pound tortoise and describes planned mining towns with piped water, tree-lined streets, and growing communities on the gold fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hornitos
Mariposa
Mother Lode
Africa
Texas
Dalhart
Western
Free State
Welkom
Virginia
Amarillo
Lubbock
Texas High Plains
South Africa
Willem Pretorius Game Reserve
Hendrik Verwoerd
Cape Province
Oranjekrag
Orange River
Floyd Dominy
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Lake Mead
Colorado River
P. Sk. le Roux
Orange
Verwoerd
Fish Rivers
Inadequacy Admitted as City Reviews Siren System
The Civil Defense Director said sirens are under review after failures to alert during gusty rain events. Officials discussed expanding the system at $250000 for 42 more sirens, though critics warn even enlarged networks may fail indoors. The hotline and media alerts are urged for weather warnings.
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Hollingsworth
Bill Payne
Payne
Jim
James Granperry
Denton Rigsby
Jack Baker
Turner
Rigsby
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Chetto
Maine
Ceattle
Horst
D Wells
George Gordo
San Francisco
Gordo
Richard Nixon
Jack London
Valley of the Moon
Plymouth Rock
United
States
Wall Street
Renee Oy
Vietnam
Me‘kong Delta
U.S
Salinas
Valley
Californ
London
42Nd Street
Times ‘Square
Hollywood Studio
Imines
iNow
Vaal
Witwatersrand
Johannesburg
Pretoria
Victoria Falls
Rhodesia
Zaembest
Pan Oil
Caliind
IT and Decorating Center
Sherwin-Williams
Sherwin-Williams Store
34Th ST
Levelland
Austin Street
Brownfield
W. Broadway
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