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At the age of 91. This oral history is from the voices of the Manhattan Project, created by the Atomic Heritage Foundation and the los alamos historical society. Val i was born on a cattle ranch in northwest nebraska, 1923. Ranch. Ually born on a this is about five miles from a thele town of merriman, in sandhills of nebraska. You probably do not know anything, but they occupy 1 5th of the state. Its cattle raising country. They call it sandhills because the terrain is made out of sand. Hills ar...

Val fitch i was born on a cattle ranch in northwest nebraska, 1923. And actually born on a ranch. This is about five miles from a little town of merriman, in the sandhills of nebraska. You probably do not know anything, but they occupy 1 5 of the state. It is prime cattle raising country. They are called the sandhills because the terrain is made out of sand. The hills are the dunes. Sand such aspierce you find at the shore. But the only thing that can be grown there without destroying the terrai...

The terrain is made out of sand. The hills are the dunes. That is almost pure sand. But the only thing that can be grown there without destroying the terrain is something that lives off the native grasses, and that is cattle. You try turning the soil lower, and is simply blows away. So, thats the sandhills dedicated to growing cattle. My father raced purebreds. The ranch was too small to support a family on raising beef cattle. He raised breeding stock. That was the enterprise i was born into. I...

Military budget without degrading its ability to deter foreign incursions. Terrorists, on the other hand, might be interdicted at the borders. As for the rest of what the notral government does, only can it be scaled back, and should be scaled back in the hamiltonian point of view, but slowly so that people can adjust and markets can growth and. Phasing out the department of not end all education in the United States. It would merely force parents to fund their childrens education, which most of...

Provide useful services at the end. The services we provide are specific to the farmer. We are working with each one of them. Watch the communicators monday night at 8 00 eastern on cspan2. American history tv is on cspan3 every weekend featuring museum tours, archival films, and programs on the presidency, the civil war, and more. It is a clip from a recent program here is a clip from a recent program. Oppression makes a wise man mad. Your fathers were wisemen. If they did not grow mad, they ar...

I learned to do that back in class in the fifth grade, so thats the way we are going to do this. I will introduce them individually as they appear. First, we have jeff broome, who i have known for many years. Jeff is very active in not only the academic world, but also the world of popular history, and writes magazine articles for true west, wild west magazine, and belongs to many western organizations. He got his phd at the university of colorado in boulder. Colorado seems to be a theme here to...

Learnsting to come in and about land usage and who makes those decisions. This is land who that land that has been walled off from the rest of the city. And who makes the decisions that happens there next . One of the things i am interested in is community participation. They are building something and tearing something down. I think it is important to import to understand. Think about what is happening in , happeningommunities right there in their neighborhoods, so they can understand what shou...

Ocean has now direct did her Research Interests in exploring hoovers postwar food relief efforts. Ocean serves on the board of war and culture, and is the editor of a forthcoming volume. Her talk today is entitled a kind and understanding heart, the politics and friendship between harry truman and Herbert Hoover. These welcome lisa ocean. [applause] lisa i changed my title a little bit. They changed my slides. I have the after lunch crowd. I hope you did not eat too much in that warm weather. Wh...

By the strange twist of fate, and maybe this was also a bit of a spiritual night from the spirit of Standing Bear, arthur became a Founding Member of the Plains Indian Museum advisory were when he was a wee bit back in 1976. What hasnt he done . He has spent a lifetime sharing his philosophy, his vision, his cultural knowledge of lakota life. And i did not feel it was appropriate or necessary to edit such wonderful life achievements. Im sure i have missed a few things, too. Please, make yourself...

Rder. E pyer wil oer by the gue mullins, Christ Fellowship church, palm beach gardens, florida. The chaplain let us pray. Heavenly father, thank you for hearing our prayers today. Were humble that today as we call out to you you listen to us. We ask that you bless the they s of congress as lead our great nation. Grant them wisdom for the decisions they face and may we remain dependent upon you. Never forgetting they lead our great saum 33 12 that says blessed is the nation whose god is the lord....