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...from several counties arrived at the farm before 8 a.m. on Friday. Pat and Elmer were still in bed. The officers blocked off the access roads to the farm. Pat called some of her neighbors to let them know what was happening, but only a few hiked the half- mile from the nearest intersection in the cold weather. The Steffes did not resist, but cooperated only minimally with the sheriff. Workers hired by the bank loaded many of their pigs, sheep and cows into a cattle trailer. They also hauled away much of Steffes' machinery...
January transfer Loralie H. Goss '86 said she and her roommate left Cabot for I owell to end the "hassle" of having to walk half a mile to rugby practice, dance rehersal and classes. She added that enthusiasm about Bowell's recent renovations and dread of Cabot's impending improvements also encouraged them to leave...
Soviet officials have also begun to murmur the name of the "vacation spot" where Chernenko may be staying. It is the so-called Kremlin Hospital, a heavily guarded facility seven miles northwest of the Kremlin in an exclusive, wooded suburban area known as Kuntsevo. Traffic police who may be KGB men are stationed every quarter-mile along the two-lane road that leads to the heavily guarded hospital, which is nestled among silver birch and oak trees and surrounded by an unpainted, 10-ft.-high cement wall...
Along with its seclusion, an important factor in the Kremlin Hospital's location is its proximity--only a quarter-mile--from Moscow's $117 million U.S.S.R. Cardiology Research Center. The center's director is the eminent cardiologist Yevgeni Chazov, who is also a full member of the Soviet Central Committee. As director of the Ministry of Health's Fourth Department, Chazov is in charge of caring for the health of Soviet leaders...
...half-mile steel-truss Intercity Bridge across the Columbia River, connecting the cities of Pasco and Kennewick, Wash. The enthusiastic jury said, "Not just a great technical accomplishment; it is a work...