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The great Alaska Highway turns 50: here's how to celebrate the drive this summer.
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June 1, 1992|
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Here's how to celebrate the drive this summer
IF YOU'RE THINKING about traveling north along the Alaska Highway this summer, you'd better pack your party hat. It's the highway's 50th birthday, and communities along the route through British Columbia, the Yukon Territory, and Alaska plan to celebrate--with an overland convoy, reunions, and other festivities.
The highway was built during World War II as a single-lane U.S. military supply route from Dawson Creek to Delta Junction. The 1,422-mile path was punched through the wilderness in a mere eight months. ...
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Councillors, 1901-2001.
Magazine article from: Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society
; ...1923 Abbott, George Henry 1924-1929, 1932 Dunlop...1930-1940 Shaw, (Henry) Giles 1932-1932 Dennis...Thomas Davies 1943-1946 Rowland, Edward Carr 1943...1953 Williams, Walter Henry 1945-1949 Coombes...Swinbourne, Charles Augustus 1950-1953 Bax, Allan...
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RELEASE OF MORTGAGES
Newspaper article from: The Journal Record
; ...Bank of Okla City to Larry Augustus, L12 B14 Sec 2 Lewellen...Denver G Kirby et ux, L2 B4 Rowland Hills 2nd Addn. 31209...Bank of Midwest City to Henry Spores et ux, pt SE4 Sec...J Higgins, pt L5 & 6 B1 Rowland Hills 2nd Addn. 31492...
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RELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS OF 100TH CONGRESS
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...Beilenson (J) 24. Henry A. Waxman (J) 25...C. Dixon (E) 29. Augustus F. Hawkins (M) 30...McKinney (E) 5. John G. Rowland (RC) 6. Nancy L...Darden (M) 8. J. Roy Rowland (M) 9. Ed Jenkins...Lipinski (RC) 6. Henry J. Hyde (RC) 7. Cardiss...
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 "Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)")
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Scales part of postal history
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
; ...operation was then reorganised in 1660 by Henry Bishop, Postmaster General, who introduced...by 1974. It was an idea begun by Sir Rowland Hill, the inventor of the Penny Post...Together with a certificate, by the sculptor Augustus Saint Gaudens working to the instructions...
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COMMITTEE SCHEDULE: THE WEEK OF JULY 21ST
Transcript from: Capitol Hill Press Releases
; ...R. 548 Ted Weiss H.R. 595 William Augustus Bootle , H.R. 613 Sam Nunn , H.R...Howard T. Markey , H.R. 892 Aaron Henry , H.R. 962 W. Edwards Demming H...David W. Dyer , H.R. 1484 J. Roy Rowland , H.R. 1502 James L. Foreman , H...
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COMMITTEE APPROVES LEGISLATION ON WAR RISK, INSURANCE, AVIATION ACCIDENTS
Transcript from: Capitol Hill Press Releases
; ...States Courthouse ; H.R. 595 William Augustus Bootle Federal Building and United States...National Courts Building ; H.R. 892 Aaron Henry United States Post Office ; H.R. 962...Federal Courthouse ; H.R. 1484 J. Roy Rowland Federal Courthouse . H.R. 1502 James...
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CORPORATION COMMISSION
Newspaper article from: The Journal Record
; ...Roberts; Johnnie Finley; Doris J. Rowland; Velma Lee Simpson; Jarod A. Rogers...Barbara Ann Horton; Betty Jo Jones; Henry L. McVea; Ernestine McVea; Vickie Baldwin...Edward B. Stamps; Essie B. Stamps; Augustus R. Walton, Jr.; M.J. Walton; Jake...
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SCHEDULE OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE COMING WEEK:JULY 21-25, 1997
Transcript from: Capitol Hill Press Releases
; ...New York City), H.R. 595 (William Augustus Bootle Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse...District of Columbia), H.R. 892 (Aaron Henry U.S. Post Office in Clarksdale, Mississippi...Miami, Florida), H.R. 1484 (J. Roy Rowland Federal Courthouse in Dublin, Georgia...
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COMMITTEE SCHEDULE: WEEK OF JULY 28TH
Transcript from: Capitol Hill Press Releases
; ...H.R. 595 (designating the William Augustus Bootle Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse...892, as amended (designating the Aaron Henry Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse...H.R. 1484, as amended (J. Roy Rowland U.S. Courthouse in Dublin, Georgia...
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