Word: freighting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...series of intelligent and tenacious rear-guard actions, German Field Marshal Albert Kesselring exacted a high price in blood and patience for each rocky mile. In addition to the Allies, Kesselring had to deal with ferocious Italian partisans. One group, armed with parachuted weapons, carried on by blasting freight trains and ambushing German patrols in and around Monte Sole, the most prominent peak of a collection of modest Apennines 15 miles south of Bologna. Because Monte Sole lay directly in the "path of Kesselring's retreat route, its partisans represented a serious threat to orderly German withdrawal...
Lethal Right. Raised on a ranch in Pottawatomie County, Kans. Willard migrated to Oklahoma, where he broke horses and ran a frontier freight-wagon service, Marveling at the way Big Jess tossed around 500-lb. bales of cotton, his friends told him that he was just the man to thrash Jack Johnson good and proper. Like many Americans, they considered it a national disgrace that Johnson, who eventually married three white women and romanced countless others, was allowed to reign as champion.* Willard who had never seen a boxing match sold his business and at 29 went into the ring...
...Britain, the name of Harold Bamberg has always figured on any list of up-by-the-bootstraps businessmen. He quit school at 17, joined the wartime R.A.F. and rose to the position of sergeantpilot. Later he acquired two old Halifax bombers, won some contracts to haul freight during the Berlin blockade, and went on to build an airline. Bamberg became a sterling millionaire. He played polo with Prince Philip at Windsor Great Park, traveled between country manor and luxury London flat in a chauffeured Rolls fitted with telephone, dictating machine and the license plate "H.B. 100." When asked...
...planning boards. But last week the Permian Basin Railroad Co. of Odessa, Texas, announced that it will begin construction in the spring and hopes to open track from Odessa to Seagraves, Texas, by early 1970. Construction costs will be a modest $9,000,000 because the all-freight Permian Basin will be only 78 miles long...
...Commission itself overruled him. Said the ICC: "If those most directly concerned are willing to risk their capital with full knowledge of all relevant circumstances, the Commission should be reluctant to deny them an opportunity to improve the economy of their area." The Texas & Pacific Rail way, which carries freight out of Odessa, and wanted no new competition, appealed the ICC decision. The Santa Fe, which stops at Seagraves, joined the appeal. Last week the Supreme Court ruled for the Permian Basin...