The library and producer dennis gould. The Cuyahoga River as most think of it, the brown stream that meets lake erie an industrial waterway, its banks populated by steel mills and factories, its channel filled with shifts. The Cuyahoga River, as it reaches lake erie, after a 100mile twisting under turning journey from its head waters is an exhausted stream, used and misused by man and his machines. Without the cuyahoga, the sprawling meg lop lis of cleveland, akron, would not exist. The river was the reason for originally settling this portion of reserve in 17 80s. The river called crooked by the indians provided a waterway to the interior of ohio so man came and continued coming. Until today nearly two Million People live and work in the river basin. In creating this urban complex man has used the river as men have always used rivers. The flow has been put to work as a navigable stream, a water supply and as a sewer. Mans mark is everywhere. Is this mark an epitaph for the Cuyahoga Ri
And in fact, in santa clara, supporters would make molotov cocktails for them and pass them out the windows so they could be used. So this happened, like, december 30, 1958. News filters out that they have managed to seize this train, and men go in, and it is like aladdins cave. They have hundreds of guns, machine guns, mortars, bazookas, and its this extraordinary thing. And word gets back to havana on new years eve, and the dictator , whose main worry at this stage was that there would be a military coup, or that he would be arrested and put on trial, decides to cut and run. So he has a regular new Years Eve Party, and if you have seen godfather part ii, its more or less accurate. He has a new Years Eve Party , has his chicken and rice at the cup of brandy, and then he reads a statement that he is about to leave havana, about to abandon cuba. And there are three dc4s waiting on the airstrip with a list of names of people who are coming with him. And people start running to the ofplan
Theften the books are on officers and theyre on the very wacs who served, but few on black enlisted women so i wrote about the four women that here, theyre part of the 6,500 contingent of black war, who enlisted in the pioneers of the wac and they had the same reasons that other for joining. They wanted to learn new skills. Inck women were engaged service occupations, cleaning, laundry work and they wanted to otherure that they had skills to give them opportunities after the war. Also were very interested in helping to advance democracy at home beingl as female. American, and and coming up, tell me about the four women. The four women involved, to the this is an incident at fort evans in massachusetts. There were 100 women in this detachment. Nearly all of them were orderlies. Orderlies given the assignment the hospitalse of at fort devons. Assigned thisre position. They came in to have skilled jobs. Had hoped to have any other job, except cleaning time. At the same thing with ana morr
Populated by steel mills and factories, its channel filled with shifts. Ships and tugs. The Cuyahoga River, as it reaches lake erie, after a 100mile twisting and turning journey from its head waters is an exhausted stream, abused and misused by man and his machines. Without the cuyahoga, the sprawling megalopolis of clevelandakron would not exist. The river was the reason for originally settling this portion of the western reserve in the 1780s. The river called crooked by the delaware indians provided a waterway to the interior of ohio and so man came and continued coming. Until today, nearly two Million People live and work in the river basin. In creating this urban complex, man has used the river as men have always used rivers. The flow has been put to work as a navigable stream, a water supply and as a sewer. Mans mark is everywhere. Is this mark an epitaph for the cuyahoga, the Crooked River . Youre now going to see a documentary montage film of the cuyahoga. The rivers of this cou
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