Long- awaited railroad reaches Topolobampo harbor after 91 years
In Sinaloa, 500 families long waited for a link to the outside world. Albert K. Owen pursued a railroad over the Sierra Madre, facing bankruptcies, evacuations, and shipwrecks before the 1962 completion from the harbor to Presidio. The harbor's development now looms as the next milestone.
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Mexico City
Topolahampo
Sinaloa
Gulf of California
Presidio
Vex
Albert K. Owen
Chester
Sierra Madre
Gangs Join To Play Santa Claus In Chicago
Fourteen members from three former West Side gangs became holiday Santas to deliver 6,000 toys to 35 Lawndale settlement houses and youth centers. The effort, part of Operation Bootstrap, marks a shift from violence to community service as gang leaders say they have become groups and vow no more riots.
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West Side
Lawndale
Garland Hunter
Nash
Marttin
George Sims
North Lawndale
Edward Nash
Charles Curry
Curry
Martin Nash
Black Youth Alliance
Bootstrap
Cyprus: From Egyptian Conquest to Independence in 1960
Cyprus endured multiple foreign dominions beginning around 1500 B C as Egyptian warriors asserted control. Over the centuries nearly a dozen empires ruled the island before it emerged as an independent member of the British Commonwealth in 1960.
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British Commonwealth
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Credit Foncier
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Fuerte
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Calhglon
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Los Mochis
Mexico
Merry Christmas
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Santa Claus
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Husky Edward Nash
River ST
Troy, N.Y
Singer Now
Singer
SS. Nicholas
Myra
Turkey
Nazi
Iraq
Troy
Troy Theater
Percale
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