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...malleability of young bones. A middle-aged Texan named Dennis Jerkins broke his hand, however. The hand was already in a cast. "The way I broke it the first time," said Jerkins, "was my executive privilege to bang it against my desk. I'm a grain and sod-grass hauler. The way I broke it the second time was I was trying to get out of the way of a fistfight this morning...
Environmental Protection Agency workers began testing along the roadsides of this town about 25 miles southwest of St Lours this week after learning that Russell Bliss, an Ellosville waste hauler, was hured in 1972 73 to spray city streets with oil to control dust...
...bearded long-distance hauler was described by neighbors as softspoken, reserved and devoted to his wife Sonia, a sometime teacher of handicrafts. His boss called him a "very sensitive man, and if anybody said anything sharp to him, his eyes would fill with tears." For much of the British public, however, there was little doubt that the police had finally caught their man. Outside the magistrate's court in industrial Dewsbury where Sutcliffe was charged, a mob of 1,000 hurled obscenities and shouted...
...participants describe it, the vote-buying operation followed standard procedure. The night before the election, top moneymen met in a private home in Leesville, the parish seat, to map out their strategy. Some $40,000 was divided among men called haulers who would round up voters and pay $5 to $15 per ballot. Each hauler received $50 to $75 for his services along with a free tank of gas and the promise of a bonus if the right...
Last year, coal stored in railroad cars and silos froze into lumps that were too big to use. Never again, vow the people at Chessie System, the nation's largest coal hauler. Chessie has built three "galloping Gerties": huge steel vibrating fingers that loosen coal in one car every three minutes. Other railroads now have similar contraptions. To reduce the possible impact of a threatened United Mine Workers strike, industries and utilities increased their coal inventories during the autumn months...