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...project proceeded and was eventually completed as the dozer came to level the road, and the councilman came to dump two truckloads of sand for the workers to spread and tamp. The drained mud dried in the sun and was covered with sand and urban community development gained another adherent. Sunday came to a close. The workers congratulated themselves on a job well done, the councilman busily shook hands, and the Peace Corps Volunteers went for a beer...
Harvard should dump both Yale and Cornell and finish fourth in the Ivy League, Rutgers crushed Yale, 17-10. While Princeton's fencers edged the Crimson, 14-13, they bombed Cornell...
...private bankers billions of dollars worth of "paper assets," notably Government-backed mortgages held by the Federal National Mortgage Association. Expected income: $4.7 billion. It also will continue emptying out the federal stockpiles. In fiscal 1967, in addition to selling off copper and aluminum, the Government plans to dump onto the private market such fascinating commodities as 3,866,178 Ibs. of duck feathers, 129 million Ibs. of castor oil, 12 million carats of industrial diamonds, and 39,851 Ibs. of opium (used, respectively, for sleeping bags, paints, cutting tools and medical morphine). Expected income: $2 billion...
...Engineer Brigade were building a 10,000-ft. jet-fighter strip at Phan Rang, a floating dock that will double the capacity of the Qui Nhon harbor, a communications facility and a 60-bed hospital for the 1st Air Cavalry at An Khe, a 250,000-sq.-yd. ammunition dump at Long Binh, and fortifications and housing at Cu Chi for newly arrived troops of the 25th Division. In one recent seven-day period, the men of the 18th worked 161,923 man-hours, hauling 362,762 tons of fill, pouring 1,394 cu. yds. of concrete, finishing...
...modern-day embodiment of "water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink." Billions of gallons flow daily to the sea alongside the city, none of which can be used because of pollution. There is no law compelling industry to reveal how much or what kinds of wastes they dump into our streams. There is nothing in America to compare with the progressive Ruhrverband in Germany where the industrial re-use of water has saved a major river of pure water for consumption and recreation. The pollution of our lakes and rivers has been noted and criticized for years...