A museum in Arizona houses the last Titan II nuclear missile, which fortunately was never used.
Peace through deterrence. This was the maxim during the Cold War. The land-based Titan II had the largest nuclear warhead ever produced by the United States. You can see the last of these missile sites at the Titan Missile Museum in Arizona. After radio now in the Vienna Newspaper, with a detour to the government bunkers of the two German states during the Cold War era.
There are two national holidays in the U.S. honoring black people, but none honoring Native Americans.
February is Black History Month and November is Native American History Month. This enumerates the commonalities of the two most significant minorities in the United States. They are represented very differently in public memory through commemorations and holidays.
Valer Clark has created a wildlife corridor in the U.S.-Mexico border area.
When she arrived in the Mexican border area forty years ago, the earth was depleted and no longer stored water. Using an ancient technique, gabions, Valer Clark has made the earth fertile again.
40-year-old rail cars and still a comeback?
Once upon a time, the USA was a railroad nation – the Wild West was conquered on a steel steed. But that was a long time ago. Rail travel has long been a niche market in the country. The U.S. government wants to change that and invest 66 billion dollars in rail transport. In view of rising fuel prices, this may come at just the right time.
Titan Missile Museum in Arizona
Peace through deterrence, that was the Cold War. The USA threatened, among other things, with Titan II intercontinental nuclear missiles. Fortunately, they were never used. In a museum in Arizona, you can see the last of the missile stations.
One of the museum guides, Dave Harutunian, served as a young soldier in one of the missile stations. He says that after the Cold War, all the other Titan II nuclear missiles were scrapped. The same was done with the Soviet missiles, most of which were stationed in Ukraine. One of them could also be seen in a museum there before the war.
Chaim Litvin in Louisville, Kentucky, certifies kosher whiskey and distills some himself.
Eastern European Jews brought the tradition of whiskey distilling with them to the USA. Distilled from grain, the ingredients water and yeast are kosher. So why does it need to be certified?
Bavarian Radio just repeated my May 2020 “RadioTravel” story about cycling in Los Angeles. The dubbed version starts from min 28 and 10 sec. Viel Spaß! And: recommended only to experienced cyclists!
Miss Ruby and Mr. Watson: Dallas all rural
Lake Ray Hubbard, in the northeast Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, is man-made. Hubbard presided over the Dallas Parks and Recreation System board from 1943 to 1972. In the morning, blacks, Hispanics and Asians fish here at the lake. Some whites walk their dogs. Or, on weekends, launch their small motorboats into the water. One is called Mumboo and is dark red with glitter. In the distance, a six-lane feeder bridge stretches across the lake, connecting the suburbs to downtown Dallas.
How American Jews help refugees and other people from Ukraine.
They raise funds for refugees from Ukraine and help others to flee from there: Members of the Jewish communities in the USA. For example, the “Jews For Justice” association in Arizona. And the philanthropist Richard Rosen, who supports an orphanage in Odessa. The children have since been brought to Berlin. The director, Igor Shatkin, remains in Odessa. Austrian Radio ORF/Ö1 (from min 23’45”). Or here:
North of Santa Fe: Snow, Desert and Pueblo
Behind the red lattice gate on el Salto Road is a little paradise. It belongs to Kevin Whitefeather of the Red Willow people. Kevin says his tribe includes 3,500 people. They live in a pueblo near Taos, in northern New Mexico.