Bakersfield group weighs development and nature in Mineral King debate
A Bakersfield group led by the Bakersfield Ski Club plans a letter-writing effort to urge action on Mineral King developments. The piece weighs the tradeoffs between development and conservation, recalling Disney era battles and stressing the need to balance growth with air and water quality, including the Wasco nuclear plant question.
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Congress
Bakersfield
Maxine Simpson
U.S. Forest Service
Mineral King
Southwest Veterans Hall
Disney
Yosemite
Lake Tahoe
Kern County
Wasco
Ford era deepwater ports raise antitrust alarms
A Transpor tation Department move to license two Gulf deepwater ports sparks concerns of a oil company monopoly. A Justice Dept study warns the ports and Alaskan pipeline share monopolistic traits promising higher prices for consumers.
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Jack Anderson
Ford
White House
Transportation
William Coleman
Louisiana
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Justice Dept
Three Wise Men From Three Faiths Define A Nation
Paul Harvey retells the rise of James Otis Charles Carroll and Haym Salomon as three figures who shaped American liberty. Otis fights royal intrusion and defends colonist rights until his end. Carroll helps Maryland join the break from Britain and serves in Congress. Salomon funds the patriot cause though imprisoned and penniless.
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Soviet Union
Israel
Russia
Jimmy Carter
Moscow
Ford
United Nations
State Dept
Washington
Helsinki Commission
Paul Harvey
James Otis
West Barnstable
Massachusetts
Harvard
Boston
Charles Carroll
Carrollton
Annapolis
Society of Jesus
Paris
London
Maryland
Britain
Congress
Senate
Haym Salomon
Poland
New York
Salomon
Philadelphia
Dread Provost
Randsburg Fire Flares Through Twin Towns in 1897–98
Fire devastates Randsburg and Johannesburg after celebrations for the first rail link with Kramer and Santa Fe. Exploding drums and burning oil spread across Rand Street, with no fatalities, followed by Christmas Eve ball funds for a new engine. By January 1898 half the town lies in ruins and is rebuilt within five months.
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Randsburg
Johannesburg
Santa Fe
Kramer
Joburg
Mojave
Rand Street
St. Elmo
Nostalgic look at a bygone postal service
The poem laments a past postal era with Uncle Sam greetings, daily mail deliveries, and a friendly postman who knew families by name. It contrasts nostalgic service with the modern machine age and a hurried system that leaves the lonely with no time for personal checks.
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Sam
Wilson Price
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Martin Luther King Jr
Thomas Downing
Virginia
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Albert
Coretta King
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Select Committee
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Kern
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