Word: bille
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...heaviest floods in over 100 years burst over Missouri River banks last June, destroying lives, crops, property, and running up a tremendous bill of more than a quarter of a billion dollars. The floods also brought swift and angry demands from Missouri Valley citizens for relief action by the penny-wise U. S. Congress which had cut river control funds early in 1947. So once again, Congress found itself faced with the perplexing problem of what to do with the Missouri River. The piecemeal sandbag method evidently wasn't working. But although President Truman called for an ambitious program...
...Bill Hayes, Brown hurler, allowed the Crimson four hits, two of them in the ninth, while setting down five batters on strikes and issuing five walks. Both Cub runs were earned...
Pulitzer Prize winner Reston agreed, saying that it was only when the stress in the Marshall Plan switched from the economic to the political that the bill became acceptable to Congress...
...Clipped. The Senate passed a bill to extend the life of RFC for twelve years beyond its June 30 deadline. But the bill, which has yet to pass the House, would cut the agency's maximum lending power from $2 billion to $1 billion...
Down but Not Out. President Truman signed the Reed-Mahaffie bill, thereby ushering in a new era for financially sick railroads. The law permits roads on their uppers to reorganize under ICC supervision without going into slowpoke bankruptcy courts. ICC cannot order any reorganization into effect unless holders of 75% of the securities approve. At least three railroads-the Missouri-Kansas-Texas, Lehigh Valley, and Boston & Maine-are expected to take advantage of the new law soon...