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Stowe (Mt. Mansfield and Spruce Peak)--26-44, 3 powder, excellent...
...measures should clear up the worst of Britain's road jam by spring, Marples plans next to tackle the state-owned rail system and, by electrifying some routes and dieselizing the rest, show Socialists how Tories can make nationalized enterprise work efficiently. After that he wants to spruce up British shipping, perhaps replacing the 20-year-old Queens in the transatlantic service to restore Britain to its old pre-eminence in the shipping lanes. As for his own traveling plans, Marples is thinking of spending his next holiday as he has spent many another-touring the Continent with...
...raiders had bad luck; the French discovered their cache of food and boats for the return voyage, and cut off all possibility of retreat. "This unlucky circumstance," Rogers recorded laconically, "put us in some consternation." But the Rangers pushed on, slogged for nine straight days through a vast spruce bog. Sacking the Indian town was comparatively easy, but the journey back to Crown Point was harrowing. The corn supply quickly ran out, and the Rangers, split into small hunting parties, were easy prey to the aroused Indians. At one point, faint with hunger, a detachment of Rangers found the bodies...
...mark its 125th birthday this year, the Long Island Rail Road, busiest U.S. commuter line, decided to spruce up its grimy face and its public image. Last week the railroad's coaches sported the latest evidence of its campaign: a gay new insignia to replace the drab, 100-year-old L.I. in a circle. The insignia: a red, yellow and blue emblem showing a harried commuter rushing to catch a train, eyes glued to his watch and hand gripping a briefcase and umbrella. The new insignia for "The Route of the Dashing Commuter," is designed to humanize the Long...
...interest of producing a news-thick paper. On gross newspaper revenue of $85,576,162 in 1958, the Times netted $166,052-less than one-fifth of 1%. For the handful of public stockholders (some 200), the picture was not quite as grey as that figure indicated. The Spruce Falls Power & Paper Co. Ltd., in which the Times holds a 42% interest, turned a tidy profit of $1,119,307. Preferred shareholders earned an 8% return on their investment-1% better than in 1957-and the Times chalked up its 61st consecutive year in the black...