Mailman Kyle McGrady Delivers by Boat Through Hell's Canyon
Kyle McGrady, famed as a top mailman, runs a twice weekly 190 mile Snake River trip delivering letters and packages to 300 residents in Idaho's Hell's Canyon. Boats were briefly dry docked during low water, but the service resumes with diesel river packets Florence or Idaho. Tourists join the voyage with a lodge built at the canyon lip, priced about 14.50 per person for round trip plus lodging and meals. The rugged journey, considered one of the United States' most unusual attractions, has drawn vacationers and historic comparisons to early explorations.
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Lewiston
Nda
Kyle McGrady
United States
Idaho
Hell’s Canyon
Snake River
McGrady
Snake
Chamber of Commerce
Canyon
Florence
Hell's Canyon
Benjamin L. .E. Bonneville
America
Honeymoon Facilities Planned at Little Brown Church
Nashua Iowa plans special accommodations for couples married at the Little Brown Church in the Vale. Howard Richers of Worthington Minnesota buys Bradford academy site across the street to build honeymoon cabins a photographic studio and reception facilities. The 1864 church drew 1549 weddings in 1940 and the bell ritual remains a tradition. The song The Little Brown Church in the Vale was written in 1857 by William S. Pitts later sung at dedication.
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Nashua
Iowa
Little Brown
the Vale
Harry Richers
Worthington
Minn
Bradford Academy
Old
Bradford
William S. Pitts
Wisconsin
Vale
Pitts
Rural change sparks debate on jobs in farming towns
Earle Hitch, rural sociology student, argues in a series of timely articles that four machines displace labor in farming and new rural occupations must emerge to prevent inevitable population decline in small town America.
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America
Earle Hitch
Wilderness to Exotic Garden at Bellingrath in Alabama
The Bellingrath gardens near Mobile Alabama transformed from a tropical wilderness into a famed flower lover magnet. The site on Isle Aux Dieux river draws up to 10000 visitors each weekend with 500 year old live oaks and 100 year old azaleas among its highlights. Transplants from across the nation fill the grounds around the historic Bellingrath home and its iron lace grill work.
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Mobile
Ala
Bellingrath Gardens
Isle- Aux-Dies
Bellingrath
Girl Helps Blind Man Across Street Dies in Derbyshire
In Heanor Derbyshire June 6 year old girl June Smith known for helping others assisted Isaiah Wilcoxen 74 blind man across a street. When she released his arm a car struck and killed her leaving a community shocked by the tragedy.
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Girl
London
England
Jute Smith
Heanor
Derbyshire
Isaiah Wilcoxen
June
Women Die On Mountain Peak In Cold Truchas Range
Two Atomic Energy Commission secretaries Miss Mildred Hartig and Miss Frances Krauss perished on North Truchas peak after slipping on ice and succumbing to freezing temperatures. Their guide Sam Martin attempted rescue, but darkness and subzero conditions thwarted efforts. state police recovered both bodies near midnight after he summoned help.
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Santa FE
N. M
Mildred Hartig
Evansville
Ind
Frances B. Krauss
Baltimore
Truchas Peak
Sangre de Cristo Range
Here
Sam Martin
Truchas Village
Miss Krauss
Los Alamos
Martin
Ozark Hills Father Admits Burying Two Babies Alive
Houston Missouri Texas County Sheriff says 45 year old Ozarks farmer John Monroe Garrett admitted burying two newborn children born to his common law wife. The first baby died in 1945 after birth and was buried immediately. The second baby, a boy born on June 28 1947, was buried near a farm to market road three miles west of Cabell. Garrett lived with 25 year old Anna Ruth Robertson on a south central Ozarks farm three miles west of Cabell.
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Houston
Texas
Charles Fazel
Ozarks Hill
Fazel
John Monroe Garrett
Ozarks Hills
Cabell
Garrett
Anna Ruth Robertson
Ozarks
Cabby Foils Newport News Robbery With Radio
Newport News Virginia cab driver E M Harrel used his two way radio to report a $50 robbery during a ride to Norfolk by ferry. Police arrived by the dock and recovered the money for the victim. The thief, who took the wallet, was not charged as the victim declined to press charges.
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Newport News
E. M. Harrel
Harrel
Norfolk
Two Scouts Save Boy From River at Starved Rock Outing
Highland Park, Ill. Two Boy Scouts David Cox aged 15 and William Wehrmeyer aged 16 were credited with saving Buddy Walters 13 who fell into the Hilingis river during a Starved Rock state park outing. Other scouts hauled ropes to pull the trio to higher ground after Cox and Wehrmeyer helped Walters to safety.
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Highland Park
Ill
Highlands Park
Buddy Walters
Starved Rock State Park
David Cox
William Wehrmeyer
Park
Walters
Cox
Wehrmeyer
Knitted Gloves with Flared Cuffs and Color Choice
Do not knit yourself gloves for frosty days. The illustrated pair fits perfectly with a striking flared cuff. Pick your favorite color and note soft yellow wool resembles expensive chamois skin.
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the Treasury
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Decatur, Ill
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Burma
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Truman
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Joey Maxim
Cleveland
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Rela
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