Word: colorados
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that the editors of TIME and I like to think that we, along with much of the daily press, can associate ourselves with this progressive step. The House of Representatives passed the bill that authorizes some $750 million for the construction of power and reclamation projects in the Upper Colorado River Basin (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS...
Many of you will remember, I'm sure, our color pictures of this great river (TIME, Aug. 23, 1954), and the map (see cut) and detailed report on the river projects which we published in the Jan. 31 issue last year. People were talking about these Colorado River projects as far back as 50 years ago. The plans almost reached the drawing board stage, but four Congresses in a row passed them by. Now the development of the river basin, an area larger than all of New England, will enrich our whole country. New irrigation and power dams will...
After last week's decisive vote in the Congress, we are sure we share with many other, editors and publishers across the nation a sense of gratification that an informed public opinion helped to bring the Upper Colorado River Basin development to the verge of reality...
Hockey coach Cooney Weiland said yesterday that Boston College will do well this year in the Colorado Springs NCAA hockey championship on March 15-17. They may even win the tournament for the second time, he added...
That same day an Air Force plane flew a leukemia victim from Italy to Germany for treatment. Air Force instructors trained Brazilian pilots in the use of jet fighters. Air Defense Command officers at Colorado Springs, Colo, attended a class in public speaking (explains ADC Commanding General Earle Partridge: "One of our generals went to Washington last week on a project involving $80 million. He had 15 minutes to make his pitch to the Pentagon. I want to be sure that he knows how to make a sale"). In Texas airmen struggled through an obstacle course on which the final...