Word: forte
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...annual dinner. During the week he pressed, as all Presidents must, a couple of ceremonial buttons: one. on the Republican Party's 100th birthday, that lighted up an "eternal flame" at the little schoolhouse in Ripon. Wis. where the G.O.P. was born; the other activated the big new Fort Randall Dam on the Upper Missouri River (see BUSINESS...
...last week, Government officials and legislators from the Dakotas gathered around as President Eisenhower pressed a golden telegraph key. From a loudspeaker, cut in on a long-distance telephone line, came the voice of South Dakota's Governor Sigurd Anderson 1,200 miles away: "Thank you, Mr. President. Fort Randall's first generator is now on the line, producing more power for the great Missouri Basin in the heart of America...
...Fort Randall Dam near Pickstown, S. Dak. is the first of four big Missouri River projects to produce power in the Pick-Sloan development plan for the power-hungry Missouri Valley (TIME, Sept. 1, 1952). Almost two miles long and 160 ft. high, the dam was started in 1946, will have cost nearly $200 million by the time its last unit goes into operation in 1956. In addition to its ultimate power capacity of 320,000 kw., enough to light a city of 500,000, Fort Randall may well serve an immediate purpose of another nature. By impounding high waters...
Private Schine was allowed to go on pass (weekend leave) until Sunday afternoon, when he was required to return to Fort...
...Adams went to the Capitol and called on Mr. Cohn and Mr. Carr in Mr. Cohn's office in the Senate Investigations Subcommittee. General discussion was had concerning the Private Schine situation and the progress of the McCarthy committee investigation at Fort Monmouth. Knowing that 90% of all inductees get overseas duty and that there were nine chances out of ten that Private Schine would be facing overseas duty when he concluded his tour at Camp Gordon, Mr. Adams informed Mr. Cohn of this situation...