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That we are never never lose face like this again. Sunday night at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspans q a. Announcer house transportation and infrastructure subcommittee on railroads held a meeting yesterday on recent train crashes and positive train control, which automatically stops trains in dangerous situations grade we hear from witnesses from the federal Railroad Administration, the natural Transportation Safety Board National Transportation Safety board, and amtrak. Without objection, the chair...

Federal Officials Say the Safety System could have prevented recent a real mans including amtrak trains the House Transportation Committee hearing includes testimony from witnesses representing the federal Railroad Administration, ntsb and freight rail companies. This is two hours. [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time i ask in his consent members be permitted to sit and ask questions without objectio...

[inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time i ask in his consent members be permitted to sit and ask questions without objection so ordered good morning welcome to the subcommittee on railroads pipeline and Hazardous Materials before we proceed i would like to extend our deepest sympathies to those impacted by the recent rail accidents across the United States. Todays hearing focus is on positive train cont...

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Youll find a kaleidoscope of voices which makes this a very rich tapestry. Each of us experience the same event in a different way, so each of these individuals experienced the Manhattan Project in their own, unique way. Cynthia kelly with the atomic heritage foundation. Thank you for joining us on American History tv. Cindy thank you very much. Something about your background, where youre born, education . Benjamin my parents who were russianjewish immigrants who came to america just before wor...

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...

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