Word: drought
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Rejected the pleas of the governors of drought-hit Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts that their states be designated "disaster areas" requiring emergency federal aid, thus offered little hope to New Jersey and Maryland farmers who are also suffering a crop-searing dry spell. The New England drought situation, said the White House, is "distressing," but "considerable" relief is available under regular agricultural programs...
...Panama Canal Zone, scene of modern medicine's victory over malaria, has reported 67 cases since June 1. Partly explained by a drought that has turned lakes into shallow, mosquito-breeding pud-dies, the outbreak is largely due to changes in control measures in surrounding Republic of Panama. ¶ Britain, which allows narcotics addicts to receive small maintenance doses legally and cheaply, reported only 333 known addicts. Medical professions supplied a whopping 30% of them: 77 doctors, 20 nurses, two dentists...
...Australian public, forever haunted by fear of drought, has followed Bowen's program with enthusiastic appreciation. When a long dry spell last month threatened to ruin wheat planting in the Darling Downs district of Queensland, the parched farmers clamored for Bowen's rainmakers. He sent airplanes reluctantly, knowing he could promise added rain over a period of months-not cloudbursts on order. Even when seeded clouds obligingly dropped heavy rain on several large areas, Bowen refused to claim credit. Nevertheless he smiles a little when he hears of his growing reputation among grateful farmers. "There...
...immediate, causes of the setback were three sharp economic blows. First, the worst drought in 87 years parched the fertile south, forcing Chile to spend hard cash for foreign wheat. Then unseasonal rains flooded the North. Worst of all, copper-the government's largest revenue source-plummeted from 55? a Ib. to 27?, and with every 1? drop the government lost $6,300,000 in taxes...
...midst of drought, a town's prayers were doubly answered in last week's Staring Match on CBS's Studio One. First, in spotless white business suit, came Mr. White (James Daly), a winning stranger who knew everyone by name. He owned up to being "an angel o' the Lord" sent to find the town a well. ("A miracle!" cried a bystander. Beamed Mr. White: "I believe that's what they're called here, yes.") On his heels came another friendly, omniscient stranger (James Gregory), all in black, making the same claims. Each accused...