Years of Failed Eco-pocalyptic Predictions
Source: Salt Lake Tribune, November 17, 1967
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View ArticleTrying to remove Confederate history...
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View ArticleTokyo firefighting service ran up its casualty list...
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View ArticleMore facts/thoughts on Midway...
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View ArticleHow Nazi Germany doomed the Luftwaffe...
When Charles Lindbergh visited Germany several times in 1937-38, he was impressed with the Luftwaffe's aircraft & advised a US commission the US should build more & better military aircraft....
View ArticleWho side is God on?
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View ArticleA Hard Battle Lesson, Not yet learned by ALL...
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View ArticleSinners in the Hands of an Angry God, July 8, 1741
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View ArticleWas Yamashita unjustly executed ?
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View ArticleFaith of our Fathers
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