The 4136th Strategic Wing at Minot Air Force Base is one of the first of six SAC units programmed to receive the advanced model of the B-52 Stratofortress, the B-52H, capable of carrying the [...]Read More... from On This Day | The[...]
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On This Day | Debate Makes Front Page
Minot High School’s debate squad took third place in overall speaker points and wins at the Fourth Annual Little National Debate Tournament in South St. Paul, Minn., Friday and Saturday. [...]Read More... from On This Day | Debate Makes Front Page
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On This Day | Gathering From the Prairie
This plant is a member of the pea family and has five leaflets on each leaf. The rounded or oblong part of the root becomes an inch or more in diameter. It has a [...]Read More... from On This Day | Gathering[...]
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On This Day | The Parable of Nick and Sam
Way out in the old, old West, a couple of ranchers named Nick and Sam kept having troubles over cattle, water rights and homesteaders. This led to harsh words and preparation for the inevitable [...]Read More... from On This Day | The[...]
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On This Day | A Powerful Reminder
A red bulb or shade in this instance, will be placed on the 18 story Christmas Tree with each traffic death recorded in North Dakota. The "Let's Keep Our Christmas Tree Green" campaign starts [...]Read More... from On This Day | A[...]
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On This Day | Ditch the Throttle and the Bottle This Holiday Season
The throttle and the bottle were the big reasons why a record 609 persons were killed in traffic accidents last Christmas, according to a study made by the National Safety Council. [...]Read More... from On This Day | Ditch the Throttle and[...]
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On This Day | 1956 Oil Production
THE STATE INDUSTRIAL commission has pegged December oil production in North Dakota at 36,699 barrels a day, based on anticipated market demand. November’s production quota was 34,699 barrels a day. Market demand in December [...]Read More... from On This Day | 1956[...]
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On This Day | Bucking the Current Dairy Trend in the Past
How three Ward county brothers, unable to find more land, raised income on their home farm by switching from beef and grain farming to dairying is told in this story as it appeared in [...]Read More... from On This Day | Bucking[...]
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On This Day | The Full Cost of Car Dependence
The North Dakota death toll has been raised by five to bring the total to 138, just 21 below the figure of last year at this same time. [...]Read More... from On This Day | The Full Cost of Car Dependence
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On This Day | An Iconic Eatery Assumes Its Place
Folks who have to eat out or who like to escape meal getting or dish washing occasionally have another spot in Minot where they may do just this — eat! [...]Read More... from On This Day | An Iconic Eatery Assumes Its[...]
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On This Day | Before it Was the Dam Yacht Club
The Riverdale Boat Club has adopted a project of assistance to the growing number of small craft operators who take their vacations sailing up and down the Missouri River. The chief task involved is [...]Read More... from On This Day | Before[...]
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On This Day | Bill of Rights Day is Coming!
In issuing the proclamation, Governor Davis emphasized that it is our right and duty to strive toward the fullest application of our paramount rights — freedom of speech, press, assembly, association and religious worship; [...]Read More... from On This Day | Bill[...]
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On This Day | Dam Good for Population
During the peak of construction in 1954 Riverdale’s population reached approximately 4000 persons. It has been announced that the Government will have a need for the facilities of Riverdale until the construction work is [...]Read More... from On This Day | Dam[...]
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On This Day | The Assumption That Drove Us Here Today
The county, the state, the nation must begin from the premise that the flexibility of automotive transportation is of such great use time-wise and dollar-wise and pleasure-wise in the moving of people and material [...]Read More... from On This Day | The[...]
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On This Day | Scaling the Auditorium To Fit in the Purse
The plans Ellerbe has been working on call for, at the committee’s prior request, a building 176 x 239, made of concrete blocks, with no floor except gravel in part of the building, with [...]Read More... from On This Day | Scaling[...]
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On This Day | Local Pancake Mix
Makes delicious, western style pancakes quick and easy. [...]Read More... from On This Day | Local Pancake Mix