Wendover Utah Split Town Seethes Between Two Worlds
A 1968 AP profile describes Wendover straddling Utah Nevada with half the town adhering to Mormon laws while the other half thrives as a Las Vegas style gambling strip. The piece notes deputy sheriffs, a ghost cemetery, salt flats, and a nearby WWII era Army airfield tied to atomic missions, painting a peculiar border town with mixed economies and stark contrasts.
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Wendover
Utah
Utah-Nevada
Las Vegas
Nevada
Brigham Young
Salt Lake City
Tooele
Elko
Marion Carter
Earl Lacey
Mississippi
Pacific
Wndover
Army Air Force
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Ohio Loses Federal Road Funds For 1970 Fiscal Year
Ohio will receive 225.9 million dollars in federal highway funds for 1970, down 44.7 million from 1969. Officials estimate the cut shortens about 45 miles of roadway, with 168.6 million earmarked for interstate highways as costs average about 1 million per mile.
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Ohio
Department of Transportation
State Highway Department
Carmichael Finds Budget Either Always or Sometimes
A fragment notes a speaker, Carmichael, facing a choice on paying bills versus other costs. The line suggests a dilemma of funding all bills continually or only part of the time, but the rest remains unclear.
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Director of Public Service
Middletown
Ohio
Consulting Engineers
Barton Aschman Associates
W. Howard Street
Chicago
Illinois
William W. Conham
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Associated Press
U.S. 40
Bonneville Salt Flats
California
Rockies
Seat
Bonneville
Lake Michigan
Lake Bonneville
Great Salt Lake
Freda Sharpe
Evelyn Ashcraft
Mary Emme Hounshell
Trenton
Butler County
Harry F. Walsh
Said
Donald M. Gose
Grace S. Sellars
Myron E. Snethen
Butter County
Donald L. Ziegel
Said County
William E. Rathman
Manuel Fitzpatrick
Georgia Fitzpatrick
Lemon Township
H. O. Finkelman
Fred Ross
Daniel W. Haney
Richard OD. Haney
Cincinnati
Richard D. Haney
John Ifci
Mery D. Ifcie
John Ifcie
Wilmer & Wilmer Attorneys At
George Donner
Pilot Peak
William Kendrick, Sr
R. R
Wetumpka
Alabama
Annie Ruth Kendick
Margaret J. Kendrick
William Kendick, Jr
William Kendrick, Jr
Butler
Ted
Jean Blazer
Butler County Recorder
L. J. Lapham
Doverdale Unive Pol. Adv
Sheraton Motor Inn
Sheraton
Eagle Tavern
Cincinnati-Dayton Road
SHELL
Cleveland
Sheraton Hotels and
Motor Inns
Columbus, Ohio
Mark G
Marshall Griffith
Freeman Ave
Hamilton, C
Clem F. Imfeld Jr
Middletown Area
Clem F. Imfeld, JR
Common Pleas Court
James C. Worsham
Tytus Ave
Daniel Imfeld
McKinley Ave
Mrs
Charles Imfeld
Ardmore Ave
Elmo Place
James C. Imfeld
Ross Ave
Edward Neu
Shafer St
A. D. Imfeld
Middletown Road
Vincent Imfeld
Tytus Avenue
Robert Imfeld
Wrenn Court
Imfeld
Hertman
Greenlawn
Ham
U. Pol. Adv
Wallace
England
Amudia de Campos
Spain
U.S
Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Twycrose Zoo
Leicester
Journal
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