Word: fortes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Included in the Ottawa collection are two of Davies' earliest sketches done in 1758, one depicting the burning of Grymross, Nova Scotia, by British troops and another a detailed drawing of the new British fortifications with key points carefully labeled: "A. Fort Frederick. B. Huts built by the Rangers. C. Passage up the River. Davies' later views of Montreal, Quebec and Halifax are valued as the first to be recorded in Canadian history...
...grown into a "Sin City" of more than 15,000 permanent residents, almost all of them employed in the vice factories-gambling dens, brothels, dope parlors-that lined Phenix City's 14th and Dillingham Streets. By night the population doubled, and most of the steady customers came from Fort Benning, the U.S. Army's training camp across the Chattahoochee. When the boys didn't come to Sin City, the city went to the boys-in "mattress vans" that parked along the roads near camp...
JACK M. WEBSTER Fort Worth, Texas...
...Army's Bell XV3 Convertiplane, a winged aircraft that can alternate between vertical and horizontal flight, made its first flight at Fort Worth, Texas. The plane made only a partial test, ascending helicopter fashion to a height of 20 ft. Powered by two rotors that can switch from vertical to forward position in 10 to 15 seconds, the plane combines a helicopter's maneuverability with the speed (Convertiplane: about 175 m.p.h.) and range of fixed wing aircraft...
Dropshot. In Washington, while helicopting three soldier-patients from Fort Lee, Va. to Walter Reed Hospital, Chief Warrant Officer Willie H. Windham lost his bearings, set down on a city tennis court, asked directions from startled players, whirled on his way without ever awakening his passengers...