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On the recordJuly 1, 1952
Bull Shoals and Norfork Dams will hold back millions of gallons of flood water.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Address in Arkansas at the Dedication of the Norfork and Bull Shoals Dams.

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