Today in History highlights and dates
On this date July 3 in history several events are noted: 1982 Algeria gained independence after 132 years of French rule, 1608 Champlain founded Quebec, 1863 Gettysburg ended after Pickett’s charge, 1880 Idaho joined the Union, 1898 Spanish-American War navy victory at Santiago Harbor, 1941 Stalin urged scorched earth policy, 1950 clashes in Korean War, 1968 date line, 2000s U.N. Hammarstrandk, and 5 years ago nuclear test talk.
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Algeria
George EB. Pickett
Losis
Idaho
Union
U.S. Navy
Santiago
Cuba
Joseph Stalin
Bloomington Grange Picnic At Boorn Pond
Mr and Mrs John Boorn hosted Bloomington Grange members at Boorn Pond on Sunday with about 90 guests attending. The afternoon featured social time fishing and boating while Monday afternoon members baled hay for ill Grange master Grant McConnaha. Community service committee led by Mrs James Graves and Mrs Harry White assisted.
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John Boorn
Bloomington Grange
Boorn
Grange
Grant McConnaha
Community Service Committee
James Graves
Harry White
Iowa Traffic Deaths Cost 14.4 Million in 6 Months
Des Moines AP reports Iowa’s traffic deaths in the first half of the year cost the state 14.4 million. State Safety Commissioner Jack Fulton notes the national average cost per death is 37,360 and a personal injury costs about 2,000 while property damage costs 320. He cites July Fourth holiday crashes over five years causing 54 deaths and urges seat belt use, adding nearly 100 lives could have been saved if belts were used.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Jack Fulton
Fulton
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Boorn Pond
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Montgomery Ward
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