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These and similar scenes at eight other historic sites this summer have marked the progress of an invaluable federal program called the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Administered by the National Park Service, with technical assistance from the American Institute of Architects (A.I.A.), HABS has produced drawings, photos and descriptions of more than 16,000 important structures for its archives in the Library of Congress. They form an irreplaceable historical record of American architecture, ranging from Indian pueblos and pioneer structures to palatial mansions and early skyscrapers. Although more than one-fourth...
About 50 students enrolled in Harvard's Ukrainian Summer School program yesterday held a 24 hour fast commemorating the 50th anniversary of the man made famine, which was hidden from Western governments and journalists by the Stalin government...
...notion of quitting as chairman of Vermilion Bay Land, a Louisiana oil-and-gas company he helped start 39 years ago. He gets monthly reports on company affairs, and attended all three of the company's board meetings last year. Last week in Detroit, he attended his 50th consecutive annual meeting, where he was elected to his 13th term as chairman. The only thing unusual about all this is that he is 99 years...
...reach your golden anniversary, don't count on Harvard losing track of you. Alumni records are so complete that they keep up to date a list of the 15 oldest living College grads. According to officials. Charles W. Stark '03, whose son this year came back for his Harvard 50th, recently inherited the title. Erskine Wood '01 relinquished his top spot two weeks ago when he passed away...
Prudent, fair-minded and humane, Walker roamed the West for 50 years, often living with Indians because, he said, "white people are too damned mean." Although the frontier echoed with violence, Walker favored adventure over fighting. Nearing his 50th birthday, he rode 800 miles from Santa Fe to Fort Leavenworth in an astonishing 23 days. The amateur naturalist was even interested in prairie dogs. On all fours he tried to capture one alive to obtain a study skin. A happy combination of luck, skill and attitude helped Walker to prevail over the wilderness; he died a proud and prosperous rancher...