Mailman Kyle McGrady Delivers by Boat Through Hell's Canyon
Lewiston Idaho hosted Kyle McGrady the famed mailman who runs a 103 442 route up the Snake River to Hell's canyon delivering letters magazines and parcels and guiding tourists. His round trip covers 190 miles with 12 hours up and 4 hours back and costs about 1450 per person for trip lodging and meals. He operates on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 6 am with a lodge at the canyon rim and notes the river’s fierce current and treacherous rapids. Hell's canyon is deepest in North America and the Snake was called the wildest river by explorers.
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Idaho
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Snake River
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Snake
Chamber of Commerce
Canyon
America
Hell's Canyon
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Florence
U. S
Benjamin L. E. Bonneville
United States
Historic Church Plans Honeymoon Facilities in Iowa
Nashua Iowa reports Special accommodations are planned for couples married at the Little Brown Church in the Vale. Harry Richers of Worthington Minnesota bought the former Bradford Academy across from the church to build honeymoon cabins a photo studio and wedding facilities. The church built in 1864 gained fame from the song The Little Brown Church in the Vale written in 1857 by William S Pitts.
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Iowa
Little Brown
the Vale
Harry Richers
Worthington
Minn
Bradford Academy
Old
Bradford
William S. Pitts
Wisconsin
The
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Pitts
Wilderness Converted to Exotic Garden
Mobile Alabama readers learn that Bellingrath gardens on the Isle Aux Oies river have transformed from a tropical wilderness into a famed flower haven drawing up to 10000 visitors each weekend. Iconic 500 year live oaks and 100 year azaleas anchor the grounds as thousands of azaleas and plants from across the country are transplanted. The old Bellingrath home framed in English Renaissance style sits within the estate.
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Ala
Bellingrath Gardens
Isle- Aux-Oles
Bellingrath
Girl Helps Blind Man Across Street Dies in Tragic Accident
June Smith a six year old girl from Heanor Derbyshire known for helping others died after releasing the arm of Isaiah Wilcoxen a 74 year old blind man as he stepped to the curb. An automobile struck her as she moved away.
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London
England
June Smith
Heanor
Derbyshire
Isaiah Wilcoxen
June
Women Die Climbing Sangre de Cristo Peak
Two female climbers Miss Mildred Hartig and Miss Frances Krauss died on North Truchas peak in the Sangre de Cristo range as freezing temperatures and ice made rescue impossible. Their guide Sam Martin of Truchas reported Krauss slipped first and Hartig slipped while attempting rescue. Both worked as Atomic Energy Commission secretaries at Los Alamos and were on a weekend outing when the tragedy occurred.
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N. M
Mildred Hartig
Evansville
Ind
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Baltimore
Truchas Peak
Sangre de Cristo Range
Here
Sam Martin
Truchas Village
Miss Krauss
Los Alamos
Martin
Ozark Hills Father Admits Buried Two Babies Alive
Texas County Sheriff Charles Fazel said 45 year old Ozarks farmer John Monroe Garrett admitted burying both newborns. The first infant died at birth in 1945 and the second, a boy, died after being buried near a farm-to-market road west of Cabell on June 28 1947. Garrett lived with Anna Ruth Robertson on a south-central Ozarks farm three miles west of Cabell.
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Texas
Charles Fazel
Ozarks Hill
Fazel
John Monroe Garrett
Ozarks Hills
Cabell
Farel
Garrett
Anna Ruth Robertson
Ozarks
Cabby Foils Newport News Robbery With Radio Report
Newport News Virginia cab driver E M Harrel used his two way radio to report a $50 robbery during a Newport News to Norfolk ferry ride. Police arrived by the ferry dock and returned the $50 to the victim. The thief was not charged.
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Newport News
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Harrel
Norfolk
Highland Park Scouts Save Boy From Starved Rock River
Two Highland Park Boy Scouts David Cox and William Wehrmeyer were credited with saving Buddy Walters, 18, after he fell into the Clinois river at Starved Rock state park. Walters slipped along a trail near the Starved Rock dam. Cox and Wehrmeyer stripped to rescue him while other scouts hauled ropes to pull them to higher ground.
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Highland Park
Buddy Walters
Clinois River
Starved Rock State Park
David Cox
William Wehrmeyer
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Walters
Starved Rock Dam
Cox
Wehrmeyer
Umpire Jack Kerns and the phantom strike
A American League umpire Jack Kerns refused to call games due to a phobia. In a tense moment a pitcher and catcher faked a pitch to fool him as strikes mounted. The batter protested that the ball was outside, exposing the umpire’s fear and the odd scene at the plate.
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Kerns
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