Word: freighting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...large parallel tunnels, each containing a single railway track, plus a small service tunnel. Stretching from Folkestone to Calais, the tunnels would run underwater for 23 miles. Autos and trucks would drive onto flatcars, be whisked through the tunnels at 60 m.p.h. by electric locomotives. Passenger and freight trains would be routed directly through the tunnels, cutting the train time from London to Paris from eight to less than five hours...
...Great Debate. The relative merits of tunnel and bridge have plunged their proponents into a no-holds-barred debate. Either is technically feasible. Each would cut the cost of a Channel crossing from $32 for a car with three passengers to $22.50, reduce freight charges by 50%. Both would take about five years to build. The tunnel's main advantage is that at an estimated $364 million, it would cost only half as much as the bridge. Moch contends that a tunnel would induce claustrophobia and be a trap in case of an accident. But pro-tunnel people contend...
...Running against the best distance and weight-carrying horses in the nation, Kelso has won the Brooklyn. Suburban and Metropolitan Handicaps, the Whitney Stakes, the Jockey Club Gold Cup and the Woodward Stakes-under imposts as high as 136 lbs. (Man o' War's top freight: 138 lbs.), over distances as long as two miles, by margins as wide as eight lengths. Says Veteran Thoroughbred Trainer Howard Hoffman: "I'd have to call Kelso a freak-a wonderful freak. He doesn't look like much, but he runs hard, carries weight and takes on all comers...
...battle of kick the can, announced that his company is entering the canmaking business to manufacture finished aluminum frozen-juice cans on location in Florida next season at a rate of 30 million a month. Reynolds estimates that packers in three Florida counties alone will save $897,000 in freight charges each year by using aluminum cans...
...amateurs with Sprachgefühl (feeling for speech), who constantly peruse novels, menus, labels, ticket stubs, and even small-town news paper accounts of obscure murders. The head of Merriam's own shipping department, for example, is the part-time scholar who netted piggyback, as used in railroad freight hauling...