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Weatherman Christie deprecated the role of Howell's silver iodide spray in the downpour by pointing out that light rain had started in the test area before the experiment began, and that the heaviest rainfall had been to the south--not to the north, where the chemical clouds had drifted...
Another try at producing rain with dry ice pellets dropped by spout and hopper attachments into the Catskill clouds was curbed by a downpour Thursday, March 23. Only good weather will allow the scientists to try out their $50,000 experiment in a third attempt today...
Howell had planned to start making rain yesterday by dropping dry ice through a spout and hopper attachment into clouds of the Catskills, but a downpour which began at 3 a.m. yesterday morning convinced the city that the $50,000 experiment wasn't necessary...
This week's contest with Milton Academy, slated for Wednesday and postponed until Thursday, was finally washed out by an all-day downpour on the Academy's outdoor rink. The '53 sextet has kept its edge in recent weeks by early morning and late afternoon practice sessions at the Skating Club and the Arena...
...harder. For The Girl from Jones Beach, Virginia Mayo put in appearances at ten towns on Long Island's south shore, with receptions by civic dignitaries at every stop. For the opening of Colorado Territory in Denver, she had to ride horseback to the theater through a heavy downpour. ("How," pleaded Virginia, "do you put the top up on a horse?") On the way to Denver, press-agents stopped her train so that she could leave the comfort of her compartment to act as "guest engineer...