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Assembly was called into session. Item 17 of the agenda called for: the creation of a State Highway Patrol for the purpose of better enforcing the laws, rules, and regulations relating to traffic on, and use of highways, and the collection of taxes and revenues to the state. This became Senate Bill # 36 & House Bill #39, The bill was amended in the House to provide that “All members of the State Highway Patrol when on duty shall wear a uniform to be designated by the Commissioner of Finance…

During the 40’s there was a shortage of metal because all the metal was being used for guns and weapons so automobile companies had to find other materials. Later in the century, Eisenhower called for The Interstate Highway Act. This Act planned to make around 41,000 miles of highway. A different kind of transportation became popular around that time. In 1957 the Russians launched “Spudnik”, the first man made object in space. The 50’s had lots of exciting things happening.…

President at the time, presumed office. As soon as Johnson took on the primary role of President of the United States, he immediately got to work. In 1965, he passed the Highway Beautification Act, which was originally Lady Johnson’s campaign desiring to plant flowers in cities and to remove billboards and junkyards from American highways (Johnson). In America, President Johnson and…

see there is life despite all of the darkness. In the story “The Last Gas Station” by Shirley Ann Grau, tells how life is dependent on hope. The story reflects the childhood days with the siblings and father. They lived by the side of a four lane highway where they owned a Gas station. The story is about how circumstances can change life and relations and leave us lonely. Sometimes it may leave us with a ray of hope. In the beginning, the author tells about the house she lived with her father…

The turtle is one of the very first symbols presented to the reader in the book. Steinbeck describes the turtles hardships to crossing the highway, ranging from the highway itself, to the drivers on it. After being knocked off the highway, the turtle is flipped over onto its shell, but eventually recovers and attempts to cross the highway again. The turtle in this case is symbolizing the tenant farmers and their journey West. There are many hardships that the turtle faces, ranging from small…

considered as a nuisance and in the case of Castle v . St. Augustine's Links ltd. which can be closely connected to the case in mention, was determined on distinguishable facts. They argued that the duty of care that they owed to the neighbouring highway could not be extended to them as the risk could not have been reasonably foreseeable due to the rarity of the ball escaping the…

cities in the nation to be served by three separate interstate highways. All of these interstate highways make moving products and people from one point in Georgia to another or from Georgia to another state relatively easy. The highways helped attract business, industry, and more transportation facilities to the Atlanta area. Georgia economic products can now reach approximately 80% of Americans overnight using the interstate highway system. Hartfield-Jackson is always one of the busiest…

Snoqualmie Pass East According Wikipedia.org, located in state of Washington are the beautiful Cascade Mountains. Snoqualmie Pass is located in the at the center of the Mountains to Sound Greenway, and is a total area of 2.9 miles, with the Mountain's elevation of 3022'. The Washington State Transportation Department tells us that “Native Americans on both sides of the mountains carved foot trails across the Central Cascades, including Snoqualmie Pass,” The site continues to inform that the…

correlations from the song in the short story that stood out to me was, the lyrics “The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense” and “Your lover who just walked out the door”. I relate the lyrics “The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense”, to Connie crossing the highway with her friends. Was it sensible for them to be doing this, as it was not where there parents knew they were? By crossing the highway and going over to the other side is how Arnold Friend…

would lose their money(The Atlantic). The highway trust fund was established in 1956 and they started increasing the taxes on fuel. President Obama said”If congress fails to fund it, it runs out of money , that could put nearly 700,000 jobs at risk”(The Atlantic). The Highway trust fund was used in 1984 to get the states to comply with the new national drinking age of 21. The states that did not listen to this law they would see 10 percent of their highway funds cut. (The Atlantic). In 1974 the…