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...15th Amendment, granting voting rights to blacks, and pledged to bring "civilization and ultimate citizenship" to "the original occupants of this land." But the speaker's will was not as good as his word: he failed to block the stampede of gold hunters into the Black Hills Sioux country, and George Custer paid the price at Little Bighorn...
Like many U.S. voters, Ronald Reagan does not see urban mass transit as a high national priority. Says the President: "There is no reason for someone in Sioux Falls to pay federal taxes so that someone in Los Angeles can get to work on time by public transportation." Federal grants for major construction projects in 1981 will total $3.3 billion; operating subsidies, $1 billion. The Reagan Administration would like to limit, if not eliminate, this aid. High on the Reagan hit list is funding for any new mass transit projects (usually 80% federal, 20% state), throwing a wrench into planning...
Ervin J. Halvorson, U.S.N. (ret.) Sioux Falls...
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...dusty Wyoming prairies, where Buffalo Bill Cody ended his pursuit of bison, the black rocker arms of oil wells thump to and fro through the night. In southern Montana, where the proud Sioux won their great victory, bulldozers scrape away the topsoil of cliffs to reveal vast seams of coal below. In western New Mexico, where legends tell of the Spanish explorer Coronado searching for the Seven Cities of Cibola, drills sink into the earth in search of uranium. The Mountain States hold vast deposits of the nation's coal, oil and uranium; they are at the heart...