Word: dak
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...From Huron, S. Dak., the Associated Press quoted Vice President Nixon as saying that the Eisenhower Administration has "kicked the Communists out of the Government, not by the hundreds but by the thousands." Democratic National Chairman Stephen Mitchell soon called Nixon a liar. A tape recording of Nixon's speech proved that the Vice President had actually said: "We're kicking the Communists and fellow travelers and security risks out of the Government, not by the hundreds but by the thousands." Republican National Chairman Leonard Hall demanded that Mitchell either apologize or remove his signature from a fair...
Deep in the Williston Basin at Mandan, N. Dak. last week, Standard Oil of Indiana started production at the basin's first oil refinery, a $30 million giant that was as welcome to North Dakota as the first railroad. At capacity, Standard Oil's refinery will crack 30,000 bbls. of crude oil a day, give the Williston Basin its first local outlet for its oil. Though the basin holds one of the biggest oil pools in the U.S., its development has been hampered by lack of means to get the oil to market. The 445 wells already...
Last week near Rapid City, S. Dak., a ten-engine B-36 bomber crashed in flames, killing 24 Air Force men, injuring three. Next day at El Paso, another B-36 was wrecked. Casualties: one dead and 15 injured...
...Yankee scouts spotted Billy Joe Moore, 24, playing first base for the Oklahoma State Prison team. Though Moore, doing a seven-year stretch for burglary, is not due for release until next year, the Yanks talked the warden and the parole board into sending him to Grand Forks, N. Dak. to play minor league ball. If Moore stays out of trouble, said Yankee Scout Tom Greenwade (discoverer of Mickey Mantle), by next year he'll be playing Triple A ball...
Senators Homer Ferguson (R-Mich.), Milton R. Young (R-N. Dak.), Edward J. Thye (R-Minn.), Richard B. Russell (D-Ga.), Lister Hill (D-Ala.), and Warren G. Magnuson (D-Wash.) have already praised the attempt to restore the appropriation to the full $15 million spent last year...