Word: rains
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...only President ever to be inaugurated at 68 was General William Henry Harrison. Less than a month after his inauguration, he caught a cold from a walk in the rain, and died...
...days of rain had made an "off track" certain for the 74th running of Pimlico's Preakness last week. That suited Trainer Casey Hayes fine; his Hill Prince, runner-up to Middleground in the Kentucky Derby, revels in gooey going. Middleground's trainer, canny Max Hirsch, was not so happy: "My horse is very definitely suited to a fast track. I believe he can run in sticky going, but I am not sure." With an eye on the weather, Hirsch waited until the morning of the race to have his horse shod with mud caulks...
...known as the "polecat editor," Jack always preferred a gentler and humbler approach. The most celebrated demonstration of its effectiveness was the 1942 Monroe County drought. In a 60-pt. streamer on Page One, Editor Blanton proclaimed: LORD, WE CONFESS OUR SINS, WE ASK FOR FORGIVENESS, WE PRAY FOR RAIN. An hour after the paper hit Main Street, the rains came. Recalls Blanton: "Trouble was, it rained so much the farmers couldn't harvest the crops. The farmers still come to me when we have droughts. 'But please,' they say, 'this time...
...rainmaker dropped about 50 pounds of dry ice, but said he doubted that a great deal of rain was produced. It was his second cloud-seeding flight and his fourth flight over the watershed since the city engaged...
Friday's game against Penn, postponed by rain, will be played Monday and Stuffy McInnis has announced that he will send Barry Turner against the Quakers' Nick Nichols. A Penn victory would bring about a two-way tie between these clubs for fifth place