Federal Highway Program Celebrates Fiftieth Year
The article marks the 50th anniversary of the federal aid highway program started by Woodrow Wilson. It notes $45.7 billion spent by the federal government on roads, the 41,000 mile Interstate System, and the goal of safer, modern highways with wider lanes and dividers. It profiles Rex Whitton and earlier road developments from 1803 to 1916.
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Woodrow Wilson
Joseph R. Coyne
Washington
Los Angeles
New York
Linton Wells
Storer Broadcasting Co
Leigh Wade
Wells
Mississippi River
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Louis
Rex M. Whitton
Whitton
Missouri Highway Department
John F. Kennedy
Wilson
Congress
United States
Agriculture Department
Office of
Bureau of Public Roads
Commerce Department
Glorieta Baptist Audi torium Dedication Planned for July
Nashville New Mexico Glorieta Baptist Assembly will dedicate its new 1.23 million four story auditorium during a July 20 two day meeting of the Baptist Sunday School Board. The event features Dr James L Sullivan presiding and Dr H E Ingraham delivering the dedicatory message.
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Nashville
Glorieta
N.M.) Baptist Assembly
Baptist Sunday School Board
James L. Sullivan
John H. Parrott
First Baptist Church
Roswell
N.M
Hubert B. Smothers
E. A. Herron
H. E. Ingraham
Frank Hart Smith
Assembly
Cecil McGee
McGee
Smith
Church Recreation
New Mexico
Board
W.A. Harrell
Youthful Burglar Converts at Graham Rally Then Surrenders
Stephen Harvey a 19 year old burglar who fled for two years confessed to 42 robberies after attending a Billy Graham crusade and claiming a Christian conversion. A reformatory term of three months followed his confession and judge praised the change noting the youth had begun a new life. Harvey's father said he would take the son back after years apart. Harvey is married with a year old daughter.
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James F. King
London
Stephen Harvey
Billy Graham
Harvey
Margaret
Long Lost Haydn Symphony Found in Polish Archives
Warsaw musicologist Danuta Idaszak discovered in Gniezno archives a suspected Haydn symphony for strings two oboes two horns and basses. It will be performed next year in Bydgoszcz.
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Warsaw
Poland
Danuta Idaszak
Gniezno
Joseph Haydn
Warsaw Life
Bydgoszcz
Women Demonstrate At U S Embassy In New Delhi
About 150 leftist led women gathered outside the U S Embassy in New Delhi shouting Down with President Johnson and demanding that America stop bombing North Vietnam.
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New Delhi
India
U.S
Johnson
America
North
Viet Nam
Masters Golf Tournament Set For April 6 Through 9
The 1967 Masters championship dates are announced with play slated from April 6 to 9. Organizers expect star players to compete at the Augusta venue.
Rocket Sled Tests to Study Warhead Effects at Holloman
Rocket sleds at Holloman Air Force Base will propel warhead payloads into simulated nuclear blast waves to gather data on effects from nuclear detonation environments. The tests, funded by DASA, include Polaris and other warhead payload experiments on a seven mile sled track, reaching speeds up to Mach 3 with potential Mach 15 to 20 in future.
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Holloman Air Force Base
Holloman
Navy
Defense Atomic Support Agency
DASA
William J. Barnes
Polaris
G. A. Carew
Carew
Artesia Fire Department Answers Sixteen Calls Last Month
Artesia fire department answered 16 calls last month with ten inside the city and six outside. City losses were estimated at 125 dollars, with no losses outside. There were six general alarms and ten siren runs. Through June the year total reaches 136 runs, per Capt. Ray Castleberry.
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Artesia
Ray Castleberry
Water Source Los Angeles Sierra Mountains Supply
Water from the Sierra mountains has supplied Los Angeles since 1907, underpinning the city’s growing demand and long term development.
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Los Angeles
Sierra Mountains
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