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...grazing. Some fodder was brought in, but the cost was prohibitive. In the northern pasture land the water holes began filling up with rotting carcasses. Cattlemen were killing the calves, burning dead beasts in heaps of 50, while crows and kitehawks slowly circled in the cloudless blue sky. Drought toll to date: more than 100,000 cattle...
...press has no better or more sincere advocate than I," had sentenced both to 20 days in jail, plus a $200 fine apiece for contempt of court. Reason: Judge Nichols objected to a series of articles the Constitution ran on Georgia traffic law enforcement, and a growing toll of highway accidents...
...Toll. Omaha and Council Bluffs were saved from devastation. Downstream lay other cities girded for the flood. The Missouri's crest would continue to inflict damage on the countryside, where farmers' "private" levees could not withstand it. The Army's Chief of Engineers, Lieut. General Lewis Pick, summarized the toll exacted by the Mighty Muddy as its flood passed down river from Omaha: 27 railroads blocked, 83 main highways broken, 87,000 persons displaced, 50 cities & towns flooded, 2,000,000 farm acres swamped, 153 private levees breached-a total of $200 million damage, which would...
...take West Side Drive into Henry Hudson Parkway, go through two toll gates, follow sign to Connecticut, turn right off highway on to Cross Country Parkway, continue about mile and half, follow sign Kimball Avenue, Bronxville, exit to right, left on Kimball Avenue, go straight, turn right on the Glen Washington Road...
Ward, a tall bespectacled right hander, had a no-hitter going in the top of the ninth inning, and seemed to be getting stronger, having struck out the side in the eight frame. The cold weather and lack of practice, however, took their toll as Bob Howlett hit a solid single to left field. A walk, an infield out, and a single to right followed, to give the Teachers their runs...