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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Against the Wall. Nearly 100 women showed up that evening for Aileen Holtje's wedding shower at the Udall Community Center, built with funds raised by turkey raffles and square dances. Men waited across the street in Eddie Taylor's pool hall. The women sang School Days, put on skits, served coffee and cup cakes and eyed Aileen's presents. The shower broke up early, and the cleanup committee put off dishwashing until the next day; only a dozen women were still there when suddenly the lights went out. Then they heard the noise. Someone said...
When unrest spread to Moscow, Stalin gave him extraordinary powers. Comrade Kaganovich built the famed Moscow subway; he also cast thousands of Moscovites into jail and changed Moscow into a bastion of the party line. Twice he undertook "pacification" measures in the restless Ukraine, and during World War II he reorganized the Soviet Union's dislocated railroad system, introduced the death penalty for failure to make schedules. Kaganovich was the first man to make servile speeches about Stalin's "genius." His sister Roza was Stalin's mistress, possibly his second wife...
...following two centuries, the history of Canada and much of the U.S. was written along the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes. French colonists carved out their farms on the riverbanks, built the shrines, stone towers and farmhouses that dot Quebec's landscape today. Special ships from France brought the volunteer files du Roi (the King's girls) up the river to marry the lonely habitants and populate New France. In 1759 the river betrayed the colony. The British were able to sail their fleet up its broad stream, conquer Quebec and end the French regime in Canada...
Most of the money will be spent in the International Rapids sections, a 46-mile stretch of river on the New York-Ontario border. Two canals, one eight miles long, the other one mile long, will be built around the rapids, and a system of power dams will be set up, with their output divided equally between the Province of Ontario and New York state. Elsewhere along the waterway, dredging and modernization of existing locks and canals will be done so that a minimum 27-ft. channel will eventually run all the way from the Atlantic to the western...
Every major city on the seaway route is planning waterfront improvements to attract shipping. Chicago will start work this summer on a $22.5 million dock expansion program; Toronto already has built a new million-dollar freight terminal, and is filling in waterfront sites for two more. Cleveland, Toledo, Duluth, Buffalo, Hamilton, Montreal and Quebec all have laid plans to better their harbors and build bigger docks. More than 40,000,000 tons of ocean cargo are expected to clear through the seaway in its first year of operation, yielding an average of $1 a ton in harbor fees and loading...