LOSING BATTLE.—Sand is strangling Thousand Palms, California, a desert town of 500 homes. 10 miles east of Palm Springs. Scores of families are moving out as their homes are engulfed by the sand.. One of the residents. Mr C. Pierce, is shown removing sand from his driveway.. He says a day s wind dumps two feet of sand in his yard, in spite of a 5ft retaining wall.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30880, 13 October 1965, Page 8
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68LOSING BATTLE.—Sand is strangling Thousand Palms, California, a desert town of 500 homes. 10 miles east of Palm Springs. Scores of families are moving out as their homes are engulfed by the sand.. One of the residents. Mr C. Pierce, is shown removing sand from his driveway.. He says a day s wind dumps two feet of sand in his yard, in spite of a 5ft retaining wall. Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30880, 13 October 1965, Page 8
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