Word: fresno
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Lift That Bale. In Fresno, Calif., Mrs. Margaret Dudley won a divorce after testifying that her husband charged her 50? a day for driving her to the fields where they worked picking cotton...
...also accomplished the improbable feat of being beaten twice while breaking the four-minute barrier (by Dr. Roger Bannister two years ago in Vancouver, B.C.. by Aussie Jim Bailey a fortnight ago in Los Angeles). Last week, at the West Coast Relays in Fresno, Calif., John Landy shaded four minutes for the sixth time in his career-and once more he was disappointed...
Feature Length. In Fresno, Calif., Charles R. Fleeger, 22, had to reschedule his wedding after he was sentenced to five days in jail for knocking out his fiancee during an argument about whether to go to a local movie...
Rain on the Roof. In Fresno, Calif., three boys hurled stones at the Fresno Hacienda Motel from a highway overpass, were swiftly taken into custody by members of the State Juvenile Officers Association attending a convention in the motel...
...Running under ideal conditions at Bakersfield, Calif., Trinidad's Mike Agostini, a Fresno State College sophomore, ran a straightaway 220-yd dash in :20.1 to break the world's record (:20.2) set in 1949 by Southern California's Mel Patton. ¶| James Ray Jordan, 36, a California aircraft worker with a great desire to set a world record, achieved his heart's desire by tanking up on pure oxygen for two minutes, dropping to the bottom of a heated San Diego swimming pool and holding his breath for 8 min. 3½ sec. to crack...