Word: footings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Bruck reported from the Court House early this morning. He said that the troopers broke down the first-floor doors with a three-foot battering ram. He said that the troopers pushed the demonstrators up front and then beat several of them with clubs...
...only injuries of the week were suffered by miler Jon Enscoe, bothered by tight muscles around the knee, and sprinter Chris Alvord, hampered by an injury to the arch of his foot...
...lost the other matches by very close scores. Number three man, Jack Purdy, who was two up with two to go on the 17th hole, suffered the biggest disappointment. On the par three 17th hole, the Navy man lifted a beautiful drive that hit the pin and landed a foot away. He sunk the putt for a birdie. Purdy parred the hole...
Number 5 man, Paul Oldfield, had to sink an eight-foot putt to win the 18th hole and tie the match. At the last moment, his putt veered to the low side and he lost the match, one down...
Meanwhile, the undertaxation of land helps speculators hold property out of use while they wait for a city's growth to raise its price. As buildings leapfrog around the holdouts, other taxpayers generally have to foot the bill for the costly roads, water and sewer lines that make land richly salable. In addition to encouraging the growth of "slurbs"-half-city, half-country belts with the worst features of both - the process has driven up costs of homesites by 68% in the past eight years, forcing many families out of the market. "Today's property tax," says Robert...