Word: southwestern
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Long, Screwworm. Solemnly reporting that there are 81,000 varieties of insects in the U.S., Freeman noted that his department had virtually eradicated the screwworm in the southwestern U.S. and parts of Mexico by attacking the insect's reproductive cycle. He said that he was going next day to the Beltsville, Md., agricultural station to see some experiments along the same line, added: "If you want to see how a cockroach acts when there's some sex attractant around, come on along." To which U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson, who was last on the list to recite, replied...
...Southwestern University Memphis
...They have arrested 220 minor passeurs, and recently picked up a man they believe is one of the leaders of the ring. Last week the French police began a major offensive: from the Interior Ministry came orders to throw all available men into border patrols and road checks throughout southwestern France. "One can only condemn these smugglers," said an outraged French official. "It is an occupation for men who have lost their sense of morality. They abuse the poorest people in Europe...
...began his guerrilla raids, has been the scene of only sporadic clashes of late, Indonesia has stepped up its attacks on the Malay Peninsula itself. So far, each little marauding band has been wiped out almost as fast as it arrived. Christmas week was typical: 30 raiders debarked in southwestern Johore State, took to the adjacent swampland; within hours, three were dead, the rest captured. Next day the British frigate Ajax intercepted seven sampans carrying 22 raiders trying to sneak across the Malacca Strait to Malaysia...
...October to fight the war, $35 million was being ticketed for 120 projects in 32 states. Among them: $15 million to build or renovate 41 Job Corps sites, and $12 million for community-action programs ranging from English lessons for Papago Indian children in Arizona to retirement communities in southwestern Louisiana...