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...pumpkin patch is the best," said Denise DeMore, a visitor to the celebration. "You can be a kid again...

Author: By Nothando Ndebele, | Title: Farmers Showcase Crops at Harvest Festival | 10/4/1993 | See Source »

Debuting this year was a pumpkin patch. For $2, celebration- goers could plunge into a pile of pumpkins, keep any two and have photographs taken with their produce...

Author: By Nothando Ndebele, | Title: Farmers Showcase Crops at Harvest Festival | 10/4/1993 | See Source »

...never saw the local spin on this issue in the national press. While scientists were talking of hantaviruses carried in rat feces, a local columnist swore that the victims shared a common thread: the feds had sprayed a small marijuana patch near Farmington with herbicides but delayed chopping it down and burning it until the next day. When the Feds came back they found the crop harvested for presumably local consumption...

Author: By John E. Stafford, | Title: Driving Down the Highway | 9/27/1993 | See Source »

...Doctors have devised an in utero operation for treating myelomeningocele, a birth defect in which the spinal cord protrudes from the spine, leading to paralysis and incontinence. The operation, which uses a skin graft to patch the spine, has been tested successfully in sheep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health Report: Sep. 20, 1993 | 9/20/1993 | See Source »

...Louis, Missouri, is braced for the worst as it awaits a possible record crest of 49 ft. for the Mississippi River this week. City workers continued to patch up the 52-ft. floodwall protecting the city, but with yet more thunderstorms in the forecast, they are unsure if the structure will hold. Meanwhile, after a five-day partisan battle, the House approved a nearly $3 billion relief package. Republicans insisted that any outlay for relief be matched by spending cuts. At week's end the Senate Appropriations Committee voted unanimously for a $4.7 billion relief bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Digest July 25-31 | 8/9/1993 | See Source »

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