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...along with 62,000 books, letters and manuscripts. Among the letters was one from Christopher Columbus' son, Diego, to Charles I of Spain. Another, written by General George Custer, ends: "You will next hear from me . . . not from the plains of Philippi . . . but from those of Dakota, the home of S.B." The initials stood for Custer's Sioux conqueror, Sitting Bull...
...North Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas...
...cold for three years. Barred from organized baseball, Max Lanier, ex-pitching star for the St. Louis Cardinals, made a living with Drummondville of the outlaw Quebec Provincial League; ex-Dodger Catcher Mickey Owen tried his hand as an auctioneer and played semi-pro ball in South Dakota; others played for peanuts in Venezuela...
...October, Lieut. George F. Gorman of the North Dakota National Guard re ported that he had had a dogfight with a flying saucer Over Fargo. He was heading for his airfield in his FSI at night when he saw a mysterious light "six to eigh inches in diameter, clear white and com pletely round with a sort of fuzz at the edges." Lieut. Gorman dived at the light the light dived at Gorman. Round & round they went for 27 minutes. Then the light put on speed and tore out of sight on a northwest-north heading...
Deal on the Floor. Charging in from opposite directions, Ohio's Taft wanted to cut out the $12.5 million "outhouse fund" for submarginal farms, and North Dakota's maverick Republican William Langer wanted to double it. Langer threatened to filibuster all night. As he talked, Democratic leaders huddled near him, occasionally whispering to him. In the end, he sat down assured that he would have his way. Senator Taft snapped angrily: "We all saw the deal made here on the Senate floor. There is no question that the committee bought off the filibuster by agreeing to increase...