Word: zone
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Maurice Hudson Thatcher is a gnarled, 92-year-old relic of Panama Canal construction days and still has a pioneer's proprietary interest in the Canal Zone, which Teddy Roosevelt leased from Panama in 1903. The only living member of the Isthmian Canal Commission responsible for digging the waterway, Thatcher served five terms as a U.S. Congressman from Kentucky, had a powerful voice in canal legislation. Thatcher Highway and Thatcher Ferry in the zone bear his name, and last week Thatcher was pleased by a third honor: he arranged to have a new bridge named Thatcher Ferry Bridge...
...million on a new bridge rising 384 ft. above the canal three miles downstream. The question was what to call it. At a time when Washington is increasingly mindful of Panama's "titular sovereignty," and now flies the Panamanian flag next to the Stars and Stripes in the zone, one name that almost everybody liked was "Bridge of the Americas"-symbolizing Panama's importance as a crossroads. But not Thatcher. In Washington, where he now lives, Thatcher lobbied until the House Appropriations Committee inserted a provision into a zone bill naming the structure Thatcher Ferry Bridge...
...pick up some more lunch meat this afternoon when Colgate enters the Tiger's den. Colgate has been erratic, but even at its best it doesn't appear to be up to Princeton. The Tigers, with their many-splendored backfield, should be able to penetrate the Red Raiders end zone at will, and the Princeton line is capable of preventing any counter-raids...
...final Crimson tally came in the third quarter when Ron Cloutier carried the ball three times in succession, covering 30 yards before plowing into the end zone. John Hartranft succeeded in two of three extra point attempts...
...looked as if Harvard might yet win, but the hope soon died. McCarthy, Hennessey and fullback Hank Cutting contented themselves with a slow, grinding march down the field that exhausted the clock and the Harvard team. Harshbarger prevented another Crusader score by intercepting a McCarthy pass in the end zone, but the war was already lost...