Word: valley
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...traffic has been on the rise recently, and local police have long suspected the existence of some great new source of the drug. On patrol of the foothills lying beneath the great, rugged Drakensberg Mountains a fortnight ago, a party of seven policemen discovered one such source-a vast valley planted solidly with the grey-green weed. They sent a messenger to the nearest police station to report their find, then began tearing out the plants one by one. Suddenly from the mountain above there came a fierce Zulu battle cry. Down the hill raced a horde of black savages...
...time reinforcements arrived, the Zulu dagga planters had fled to the impenetrable, distant mountains. Unable to pursue them, police returned to the dagga valley with a fleet of trucks. At week's end they had harvested and destroyed close to 200 tons of deathly dagga...
Because Santee's disregard for the amateur rules was so open, it was bound to backfire, and last fall it did: the Missouri Valley A.A.U. suspended him for accepting excess expenses. It took the enthusiastic support of Kansas Senator Frank Carlson to get him reinstated. Then, at its national convention, the A.A.U. ordered a special committee to reinvestigate Santee. The committee dug up new evidence, decided that Wes Santee had illegally pocketed $1,500 for participating in eight track meets. Last week the A.A.U. set Santee down for life...
Stowe Mansfield and Spruce Peak report good to excellent conditions; Franconia Mittersell, good to excellent; Cannon Mt., poor to good; North Conway Cranmore, good; Brattleboro Hogback, good to excellent; Manchester Snow Valley, good to excellent; and Pinkham Notch, good...
...hint that the bank would lend a reported $20 million to $27 million for imported equipment and machinery. As for the rest. Finance Minister Carlos Villaveces has promised that "the government will see this through, come what may." To help raise funds, the government recently doubled Cauca Valley land taxes, without a murmur of complaint from the hopeful landholders...