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Some American place names have a unique resonance about them-places like Maggie's Nipples, Wyo., or Greasy Creek, Ark., Lickskillet, Ky., or Scroungeout, Ala. Collectors of Americana also savor Braggadocio, Mo., the Humptulips River in Washington, Hen Scratch, Fla., Dead Irishman Gulch, S. Dak., Cut 'N Shoot, Texas, Helpmejack Creek, Ark., Bastard Peak, Wyo., Goon Dip Mountain, Ark., Tenstrike, Minn., Laughing Pig, Wyo., Two Teats, Calif., or Aswaguscawadic...
...Hiller Corp.) who set production records during World War II, then led the company from nose-diving postwar sales to profitable production of the F-84 Thunderjets used in Korea and the F-105s flown by the Air Force during the early '60s; following a stroke; in Laramie, Wyo...
...Grand Teton, the Park Service plans a highly visible burn near Jackson Hole, Wyo., to test public reaction and begin the re-education process. Says Grand Teton Research Biologist Lloyd Loope: "We haven't so much an epidemic of mountain pine beetles as of overmature lodgepole pines." He warns that if the policy of putting out all fires is continued, there will be periodic insect infestations, like the endemic pine beetle problem, as well as a decrease in the diversity of p.ants, animals and birds. Loope believes that allowing natural fires to burn...
...from individuals responding spontaneously to the crisis as from relief agencies. "We all live so far apart that we have to rely on each other to get along," explained Pat Dixon, a Rapid City banker. Leland Thayer and his 13-year-old son Gary drove all night from Gillette, Wyo., so their radioequipped truck could be used in the rescue effort. Coming even farther from the east, a Huron man who refused to give his name ("the credit should go to the whole town") sped through the night to deliver a truckload of clothing. A chicken farmer donated...
...where a ride might be found. 5) Bring cotton or earplugs-my ears still ring from jet noises. 6) When asking for a ride, be direct but lighthearted, and don't push if the answer is negative. 7) Carry lots of books for long waits. 8) Avoid Cody, Wyo...