Soviet Bulldozers Crush $4.7 Million in Melons
From United Press International
MOSCOW —
Bulldozers crushed $4.7 million worth of choice watermelons that rotted in the sun because no trains were available to take them to market, Soviet television said.
The spoiled watermelons were destroyed at a collective farm in Astrakhan, near the Caspian Sea 770 miles southeast of Moscow, a field manager told the nationwide “Vremya” news program Sunday.
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