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After a visit to Chicago, boyish Senator Nye, of the investigating committee, announced that he and Senator Norbeck had unearthed fresh oil evidence, which, if valid, would "rock the country." Senator Nye said: "If reports given to our committee are true, a name is involved that it would be criminal to mention until further investigation of the basis of the charges is made...
...most plausible cause of the disaster was the dam itself. "It is admitted," said Coroner Frank A. Nance of Los Angeles, "that the dam was not anchored to hard rock. One end was fastened to shale and the other to a conglomerate formation." Water had gradually seeped into this bed, softened it; and last week when the dam was filled to its maximum capacity, the foundations crumbled. Residents reported that they had noticed small leaks about the base of the dam ten days before the break...
...suitors blockade at one end, while others sneak in opposite: "Kill the man, but save the wench! . . ."A relic of civilized scruple holds Martin from killing a hairy giant furnaceman, because he has sprawled over the tracks and technically is down. But Claire sees the prostrate giant heave a rock, and, with no scruples, jabs him, hacks, thwacks, kills, saving Martin's life...
...that jungle-covered spot of northern South America, where Venezuela, British Guiana and Brazil touch each other angularly, is Mt. Roraima, famed among travelers and explorers. It is a huge wall of red rock that rises, like a ruddy tree trunk, 1,500 ft. sheer above the surrounding plateau and altogether some 8,500 ft. above sea level. It seems unscalable...
...combination in restraint of trade and which he wants broken up. His reasons: Three companies-Canadian Johns-Manville Co. Ltd., Quebec Asbestos Corp. Ltd. (a subsidiary of Philip Carey Mfg. Co. of Ohio) and the Keasby Mattison-control 80% of the world's supply of that fibrous-like rock called asbestos; those companies agreed to sell all their output for five years to one of Mr. Dillon's smart young men, duVal R. Goldthwaite; he made purchasing contracts with Johns-Manville Co. Ltd., and Philip Carey Mfg. Co. who manufacture most of the U. S.'s asbestos...