Word: valley
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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They moved into the valley of the Ruzizi River, boundary between the U.N. trusteeship of Ruanda and the Congo proper. Working both sides of the stream, they got native chieftains to pass the word by jungle telegraph. At their chieftains' bidding, 215,504 men, women and children trooped down to rally points where the doctors were waiting with jugs of ice-cold Chat. In some cases, team members squirted the virus-containing liquid into the tribesmen's mouths; usually, they let them take it from a tablespoon. There were no ill effects, and team members have high hopes...
...occasion for this idyl was the second concert in a series called Music at the Vineyards, held at the century-old Paul Masson Vineyards in the Santa Clara Valley, 40 miles southeast of San Francisco. The inspiration for the series came from four remarkable brothers-Paul, Herbert, Alfred and Norman Fromm. All of the Fromms except Herbert (who is a fulltime organist and composer) make their living in the wine trade, and regularly funnel handsome sums into the support of music. When Norman decided to give California some really fine summer music ("the kind the concert manager...
...most of Missouri, almost as heavy in Kansas, Georgia and Maryland. Springfield, Mo. measured 16.4 in. during July's first three weeks (normal precipitation: 2.31 in.). Audubon, Iowa was drenched by over 12 in. in eleven hours; 19 drowned in resulting flash floods in the Nishnabotna River valley. Indiana's floods are the worst in 45 years, and the state's wheat crop this harvest may be only half the 38 million bu. estimated earlier. In North Dakota's Red River Valley, corn that stood 30 in. tall a year ago is 19 in. because...
...Richard Llewellyn (527 pp.; Doubleday; $4.95), is one of those literary stews that have a savory aroma when served at the table. The scandalous secrets of a snobbish Parisian hotel promise more than enough meat for a pungent bestseller. But Bestselling Author (How Green Was My Valley) Llewellyn, though he studied in hotel schools, blends his ingredients with the heavy hand of a short-order fry cook...
Cessna & Cocktails. In the growing luxury market many a farmer is buying a plane, learning to fly as well as drive. Serving California's rich, irrigated Imperial Valley, an El Centre Cessna dealer reported that he had already sold four single-engined planes to farmers this year at prices from $8,999 to $15,000. A farm organization has put together $1,590 grand tours of Europe for its members this summer. Says the proprietor of Knoust's Party Shop in Phillipsburg. Mo. (pop. 170), noting that farmers are among his best customers for cocktail shakers, blenders...