Amistad Dam and Reservoir: Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Eighty-sixth Congress, Second Session, on H. R. 12263, an Act to Authorize the Conclusion of an Agreement for the Joint Construction by the United States and Mexico of a Major International Storage Dam on the Rio Grande in Accordance with the Provisions of the Treaty of February 3, 1944, with Mexico, and for Other Purposes. June 21 and 22, 1960Considers H.R. 12263, to authorize State Dept to conclude agreement with Mexico for joint construction, operation and maintenance of Amistad Dam and Reservoir on Rio Grande River. |
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... Laredo and Nuevo Laredo . These areas were very badly damaged in the 1954 flood . Actually there was a considerable loss of life both on the U.S. side and Mexican side and a great loss of property . The characteristics of the Rio Grande ...
... Laredo and Nuevo Laredo . These areas were very badly damaged in the 1954 flood . Actually there was a considerable loss of life both on the U.S. side and Mexican side and a great loss of property . The characteristics of the Rio Grande ...
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... Laredo - Nuevo Laredo , 120,000 people , 66,000 acres of fertile irrigated farmland , railroads , highways , bridges , and many other valuable improvements . The urgent need for flood protection in this area is vividly demonstrated by ...
... Laredo - Nuevo Laredo , 120,000 people , 66,000 acres of fertile irrigated farmland , railroads , highways , bridges , and many other valuable improvements . The urgent need for flood protection in this area is vividly demonstrated by ...
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... the protection given runs all the way down to Matamoros and the gulf . There are 750,000 acres down there which also are protected by this dam , and the 66,000 acres up between Laredo and Del Rio , are in 10 AMISTAD DAM AND RESERVOIR.
... the protection given runs all the way down to Matamoros and the gulf . There are 750,000 acres down there which also are protected by this dam , and the 66,000 acres up between Laredo and Del Rio , are in 10 AMISTAD DAM AND RESERVOIR.
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... Laredo and Del Rio , are in addition to that down below . And , of course , you have the tremendous losses which occur in Del Rio , Eagle Pass , Piedras Negras , Laredo , Nuevo Laredo , and Ciudad Acuña , too , involving a population of ...
... Laredo and Del Rio , are in addition to that down below . And , of course , you have the tremendous losses which occur in Del Rio , Eagle Pass , Piedras Negras , Laredo , Nuevo Laredo , and Ciudad Acuña , too , involving a population of ...
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... Laredo will be protected , as well as the other localities mentioned previously and also the 750,000 which are below Falcon will be protected . The CHAIRMAN . Will there be additional land brought into culti- vation on account of ...
... Laredo will be protected , as well as the other localities mentioned previously and also the 750,000 which are below Falcon will be protected . The CHAIRMAN . Will there be additional land brought into culti- vation on account of ...
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2½ percent 50-year basis acre-feet acreage acres additional Amistad Reservoir ANGELES THE LIBRARY ANGELES THE UNIVERSITY ANGELEST annual Anzalduas Dam believe benefit-cost ratio benefits Boundary and Water Brownsville build CALIFORN THE UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA OF CALIFORN CHAIRMAN Ciudad Acuña Commissioner COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN conservation storage DAM AND RESERVOIR Department downstream E-LIBRARY estimated facilities Falcon Dam Federal Power Commission firm power flood control flood damages gulf HEWITT Hoover Dam House bill International Boundary international storage dam irrigation joint construction kilowatts land Laredo LELAND H located MELVILLE E Mexican Government Mexican side miles million Nuevo Laredo operation OSBORNE penstocks plant POWERPLANT Senator HICKENLOOPER President proposed Amistad Dam purposes question RECOMMENDATION AGAINST FEDERAL relocate repayment Rio Grande River Senator CARLSON Senator GREEN Senator MANSFIELD Senator WILLIAMS steamplants Texas treaty of February U.S. Govern U.S. share U.S. side UNIVERSIT UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES valley Water Commission water supply