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...Washington, highway crews worked fast to clear away massive slides that isolated two passenger trains for two days near the roiling Columbia River. An Air Force plane dropped 1,000 Ibs. of food to the 300 stranded passengers, who were finally evacuated safely. In California, gale winds whipped bridges off their foundations and stranded hundreds of motorists on the Red wood Highway. Almost every town along the Eel River, in the northwestern corner of the state, was under water. City officials in Rio Dell put out orders to knock down telephone and power poles to convert the main street into...
From a giant offshore drilling rig buffeted by gale winds and 20-ft. waves, crews of the American Overseas Petroleum Ltd. last week began boring into the shallow center of the North Sea. Their quest-for natural gas to supply fuel-shy Europe-will be one of the world's most closely watched explorations. The wildcat operation off Dogger Bank, a favorite ground of herring fishermen, is the first to probe Britain's portion of the continental shelf. It is involved in a prospecting race that has roiled the waters of the North Sea and shows promise...
...days, he used to plead bankruptcy every year when contract time rolled around. He also has a team that captured the N.F.L. championship in 1963-but won only five games this year. Yanking the rubber band off his bankroll, Halas shelled out $50,000 for Kansas Halfback Gale Sayers, then sent George Jr. around with a $100,000 bundle for Illinois' All-Everything linebacker, "Animal of the Year" Dick Butkus...
...HALFBACKS: Gale Sayers, 21, Kansas, 6 ft., 195 Ibs., and Donny Anderson, 21, Texas Tech, 6 ft. 3 in., 207 Ibs. Sayers has gained 2,675 yds. in his three varsity seasons, and a scout put it this way: "He's quick, man, quick. Don't blink your eyes or you'll miss him." Anderson, a draft-eligible junior, gets the same raves: "Has superspeed with the power of a fullback and possesses that little extra elusiveness a great back needs. Something like the Vikings' Tommy Mason, but faster...
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