Kennett

A Gentle Giantess, a 250-ton boat that flies, and 550 vacuum cleaners

The city of Kennett was attempting an alligator roundup. Two years earlier a traveling salesman sold about fifty gators in the town and the "pets" were growing larger and more dangerous.

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