By N. LA VERL CHRISTENSEN Scripps League Newspapers “The greatest amphibious assault of all time.” That was the term used in news dispatches June 6, 1944 to describe the ”D-Day” allied invasion of Normandy in France, possibly the most decisive stepping stone to the European victory in world war II. Everyone knew the allies were… Continue reading ‘D-Day’ Occurred 36 Years Ago
Year: 1980
Friday Is Anniversary of San Francisco Quake
N.L. CHRISTENSEN Scripps League Newspapers. At 5 o’clock the morning April 18, 1906, widow Hasel Yardley slipped out of her apartment near Market Street to look for bargains at adjacent fruit and vegetable stalls, leaving 2-year-old daughter Annie asleep. Suddenly in the gray dawn she was terrified by the rumble and shock of a powerful… Continue reading Friday Is Anniversary of San Francisco Quake
Vaccine date remembered
“Salk Anti-Polio Vaccine Declared Safe, Effective” That message, proclaimed by newspaper headlines 25 years ago this month, announced one of the landmark breakthroughs in medical history. “The vaccine works.” Those were the first words spoken April 12, 1955 at Ann Arbor, Mich., where the results of a scientific evaluation of mass testing among more than… Continue reading Vaccine date remembered
Provo Settlers Once Started to Build Walled Enclosure For Protection Against Indians
Did you know that the pioneer settlers of Provo once started to build a 12-foot mud wall around a section of the city for protection against the Indians? The walling project – never completed – began in the spring of 1854 during intermittent Indian troubles associated with the “Walker War,” named for a hostile Ute… Continue reading Provo Settlers Once Started to Build Walled Enclosure For Protection Against Indians
It’s Time for Feds to Face Deficit
The time is long past due for the federal government to blow the whistle on routine deficit spending. This year the national debt will top $890 billion – more than $4,000 for each American, and the projected $15.8 deficit in President Carter’s whopping $615.8 budget for fiscal 1981 will keep the spiral soaring. Just the interest on… Continue reading It’s Time for Feds to Face Deficit
Growth, Change: They’re Perpetual Watchwords
So we’ve entered a new decade! High hopes for happiness and prosperity are mingled with concerns over inflation, energy shortages, and other economic problems as we turn from the 70’s and advance into a new 10-year span. There are other concerns too, as war clouds gather in parts of the world. The Soviet Union is… Continue reading Growth, Change: They’re Perpetual Watchwords