Box LG 23

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Claims to the waters of the Colorado River system; canal in Oklahoma City; booklet and correspondence from the Colorado River Association; correspondents include Elmer Thomas.

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Report on Markham Ferry Project on Grand River; miscellaneous legislation for construction of new federal buildings, such as building in Newnan, Georgia, and customs services in El Paso, Texas; development of Priest Rapids site on Columbia River; legislation for cottage site development in reservoir areas; water projects; correspondents include Edward J. Thye, Johnston Murray, Dennis Chavez, Ken Regan, Edward Martin, Warren G. Magnuson, Sid Simpson.

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Water projects, including Tenkiller Ferry, Markham Ferry, Niagara Falls, and Delaware River; copy of S. 2961 regarding land conveyance to George C. and Ellen J. Stratton; construction of federal buildings and post offices; correspondents include Ed Edmondson, George D. Aiken, Glenn R. Davis, American Public Power Association, Russell Long, Oklahoma Outdoor Council.

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Copies of S. 1524 and press release regarding Public Facilities Loan Act of 1955; copies of outgoing correspondence regarding construction of various federal buildings; correspondents include Dennis Chavez.

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Materials concerning S. 2373 regarding amending the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933; statement on proposed changes; report with budget information; correspondence from National Rural Electric Cooperative Association with attached statement by Senator Edward Martin; correspondents include Tennessee Valley Authority.

Scope and Contents January - March; report from Subcommittee on Flood Control, Rivers, and Harbors to the chief of engineers which included numerous bills on water projects and water pollution; Hell's Canyon Dam; itinerary for visiting Corps of Engineers installations along Mississippi River and Gulf states; flood control; schedule of hearings on flood control by Subcommittee on Flood Control, Rivers, and Harbors; resolution from residents of Celilo Village in Celilo, Oregon, regarding Dalles Dam;...

Scope and Contents April - June; schedule of hearings of Subcommittee on Flood Control, Rivers, and Harbors on flood control; flood damage due to hurricane; statements from two businessmen on hurricane damage in New Medford, Massachusetts; statement from Prescott Bush regarding S. 414 on directing Corps of Engineers to survey New England, New York, and New Jersey to develop ways to prevent loss of lives and damage to property because of hurricane winds and tides; Delaware River; outgoing correspondence on a...

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July; outgoing correspondence on a number of projects not only in Oklahoma but from around the country including Niagara River, Optima Dam, Beaver and Cow Creeks, and Eufaula Dam; municipal water supply; correspondents include Prescott Bush, Clinton P. Anderson, Beaver-Cow Creek Watershed Development Association, Wayne Morse, John L. McClellan, President of Mississippi Valley Flood Control Association.

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August - December; outgoing correspondence on a number of projects in Oklahoma, including Washita project, Eufaula, and Grand River; Hell's Canyon; Mississippi River-Gulf outlet; correspondents include Wayne Morse, Robert F. Kennon, Governor of Louisiana.

Scope and Contents Municipal water supply; Little Sioux River; hydroelectric power; damage due to hurricanes, agenda for Subcommittee on Flood Control, Rivers, and Harbors; copies of miscellaneous legislation; report of the legislative activities of the Committee on Public Works; various flood control projects; correspondents include Clinton P. Anderson, Prescott Bush, Herbert H. Lehman, Norris Cotton, W. Kerr Scott, John Stennis, Dennis Chavez, Paul H. Douglas, Hubert H. Humphrey, Bourke B. Hickenlooper,...