Squatters clash over frontier land in California water lands
Paul Harp and Ken Easterday defend farm and cattle yard on public land as squatters cite historic acts. Luke Walker notes settlers improved U S lands rely on public policy. About 970 people occupy river-front land between Blythe and Parker Dam with two million dollars in camps and homes. They seek private use, while await court rulings on rights to the land.
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United States
Blythe
Parker Dam
California
San Bernardino
Riverside
Imperial
Department of Interior
Farmers Ordered Off 27 000 Acres Along Colorado River
The Department of Interior ordered about 150 farmers cultivating 27 000 acres along the Colorado River between Hoover Dam and the Mexican border to vacate land planned for a recreation area. Farmers, organized as the Associated Farmers of the Lower Colorado River, claim they transformed brush into productive farms and built local wealth while acknowledging federal authority. The land includes large tracts in Yuma Arizona Palo Verde Valley California Parker Needles region and Cibola Valley Arizona.
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Colorado River
Blythe
Calif
Department of Interior
Hoover Dam
Department
Arizona
California
Davis
Parker
William Y. Murphy
Associated Farmers
Murphey
Yuma, Arix
Palo Verde Valley
Parker, Ariz.Needles Calif
Cibola Valley
Yuma
J. F. Power
Earl Harp
Paul
Patsy Lorraine
Footbridge over Babb's Run Proposed for Abandonment
Frederick County Board of Supervisors plans to remove the log footbridge on Route 731 from the Secondary Road System citing public-service concerns. Citizens with evidence opposing the proposal may present it at the August 10, 1959 meeting at 2 p.m. in Winchester Court House.
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Babb
Frederick County
Lee N. Whitacre
Mothers' Club Plans Pink Tea at Negro Day Nursery
The Mothers' Club of the Negro Day Nursery schedules a pink tea at the nursery grounds Sunday from 5 to 7 PM. Proceeds go to pay for folding chairs recently bought for the nursery. rain date is inside the nursery. A note on Tokyo restaurants adds Southern fried chicken learned from American troops in Japan.
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Mothers’ Club
Tokyo
Japan
Stalin Shrine In Gori Quiet After Decline In Reverence
In Gori USSR the Stalin birthplace shrine draws fewer visitors as the cult wanes. The house remains with a roof but the museum nearby preserves his life from childhood through revolutionary years with photos and exhibits. Guides note questions about why Stalin’s life captivated people once.
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Gori
U.S.S.R
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Mecca
Gorisy
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