Word: denver
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...stricken plains (see map), lashing into the land under 80 m.p.h. winds. It piled up mountainous drifts, leveled windmills and fences, ripped up loose crops, killed about 100,000 precious head of cattle. Caught in the blizzard were thousands of homeowners and travelers. Aboard the Union Pacific's Denver-bound City of St. Louis, stopped in deep Kansas drifts, 213 passengers and crewmen huddled for two days, ripped down the train's drapes and curtains to keep warm. In Tascosa, Texas, 16-year-old Chester Simpson stubbornly set out on foot to keep a date with his girl...
Ellison finished second in 19:05.5, while Joe Robinson took third for the Elis in 19:32.5. The other point-winners were Edward Johnson of Texas (19:33.6), Buddy Belshe of Denver (19:42.4), and Peter Fries of Michigan...
...Sisters Under the Skin. Editors and writers share an evangelical faith that confession stories help their readers to solve their own problems. Gushes a top-selling Denver freelancer: "Lots of girls receive their first experience through these stories. I just know that many of them have learned how to react to love situations through what we write...
Persuader. In Denver, Alfonso Vigil, 27, telephoned police to report that he had just broken into a grocery, explained that Store Owner Raquel Cordova, 62, had dropped in, happened to have a gun, suggested he make the call...
...rerouting of the flight to Denver deprived tournament officials of some of their customary welcoming shenanigans. A crowd of officials, bands, and Jaycees had to trek back to the Broadmoor where the ceremonies were more restrained than usual. One of the high spots of the tournament, the "branding" of the Queen by the Jaycees, did not come off this year...