Word: icing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Break, Break, Break. In Saginaw Bay, Mich., John Sanborn, out for some ice fishing, stood by helplessly as 1) his car fell through the ice; 2) a wrecker sent to the rescue fell through the ice; 3) a curious pilot landed his plane, which fell through the ice...
Pittsburgh had a coal crisis. Nearby mines had plenty of coal piled above ground, but barges could not carry it down the ice-clogged Monongahela River. Pittsburghers scurried furiously from dealer to dealer, hauled home their meager findings in buckets and family autos...
...Ice in the Ink. During the week, 270,000 workers were laid off because of fuel and power shortages-200,000 of them in Detroit alone. Rail, river and air transportation was badly disrupted. At subzero temperatures, locomotives were unable to keep up steam pressure. The Ohio River was frozen from shore to shore for the first time in twelve years. Storms at sea delayed the Queen Mary's arrival for two days. In Chicago, where Lake Michigan pilings were so heavily coated with ice that they looked like Sherman tanks (see cut), water-system intakes...
This morning Leverett and Dudley, low teams in the League, will take to the ice. Tomorrow finds undefeated, untied Winthrop and Eliot meeting in the crucial game to determine first place. Hockey Standings Won Lost Tied Pts. ELIOT 3 0 0 0 WINTHROP 2 0 0 4 DUNSTER 1 0 1 3 LOWELL 1 0 1 3 ADAMS 1 2 0 2 KIRKLAND 0 2 1 1 DUDLEY 0 1 1 1 LEVERETT...
Yardling and jayvee hockey squads edged out younger sextets from Lexington and Medford Highs on Arena ice yesterday afternoon, but not with the ease they had expected, as both games were see-saw battles not decided until late in the final periods...