Word: butter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...however, cheerful, big-boned William I. Roberts- last of the family to inherit the place - decided to quit the soil. He became a butter & egg salesman, then a partner in a general store, and finally got into the automobile parts business. But he kept on living on the farm. His son, William I. Roberts Jr., grew up, married and brought his bride to the house. His grandson. William I. Roberts III, grew up, married and brought his bride there too. When William I. Roberts IV was born two years ago, four generations were sheltered beneath its old rafters...
...April 1, federal-support prices on dairy products dropped from 90% of parity to 75%. In the end-of-March rush to take advantage of the higher supports, farmers and food processors unloaded record tonnages of butter, cheese and dried milk on the Agriculture Department. Last week the Department finished adding up the huge purchases for the month: 87 million lbs. of butter, 132 million lbs. of dried milk, 189 million lbs. of cheese. Cost: $156 million...
...minutes show that there was only one cheese which the members thought 'stank.' Norwegian goat cheese had a taste that was rich, sweet, flat, condensed milk, and oily. It had the appearance of peanut butter and with its sour-like aroma, it was unanimously despised by the entire group...
...Bread & Butter Note. Near Walla Walla, Wash., two prisoners escaped from the county jail's paddy wagon, left a note for Jail Superintendent James Hammond: "Dear Jim, Sorry to eat and run, but we have to catch a train...
PRINCETON, N.J., March 20--Crimson sophomore Dave Hawkins set his fifth record of the season in the Eastern Intercollegiate Invitational Swimming Championships here tonight. Hawkins butter flied the 100-yard breast stroke in 59.7 seconds for the only now mark in the meet and the fastest time for the event in the country this year...