body {
    font-size: 12px;
    font-family: Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

body {background-color: gray;}


.table2 {
    border: 1px solid #555;
    border-width: 0 0 1px 1px;
	background-color: yellow;
	
}
.table2 td {
    border: 1px solid #555;
    border-width: 1px 1px 0 0;
}

/* What you need: */
table td {
    width: 70px;
    overflow: hidden;
    display: inline-block;
    white-space: nowrap;
	
}

table.with-ellipsis td {   
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
}

<table cellpadding="2" ce