Helium Plant Near Amarillo Cuts Cost as Output Rises
The Amarillo US government helium plant produced 1,407,800 cubic feet in June, cutting net cost to $6.23 per thousand cubic feet after residue gas sales. The year ended with a record 9,801,060 cubic feet, capacity at 24 million, costs about $160,000 for the year, and costs per unit fell throughout the year.
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United States
Amarillo
Department of Commerce
C. W. Seibel
Fort Worth
Seibel
Government airship costs show helium cheaper than hydrogen
Financial figures detail operating costs for Bingham Utah and Amarillo plants, with net costs around 10,846.39 for July and cumulative 109,562.15 over ten months. Notes compare helium content in airship gas and standby costs, noting hydrogen’s safety and purification issues making helium the cheaper option.
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Washington
Treasury
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Helium Replaces Hydrogen for Airship Safety and Costs
The passage notes that airships must be reinflated with new hydrogen eight to ten times yearly, as air leaks reduce lift. It argues replacing hydrogen with purified helium, costing 50 cents to $1.50 per thousand cubic feet, reduces annual volume needs to 1%–2% and adds safety from fire and explosion despite higher initial cost.
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Seibel
Bureau of Minnes
Prosecutor Fired On in Lexington Narrow Escape
City Prosecutor Harry B. Miller narrowly escaped a fatal shooting when attackers opened fire from an automobile at a city edge intersection. Miller, who had received threatening letters, returned fire and forced the assailants to flee.
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United Press
Lexington
Harry B. Miller
Miller
Rigdon to Be Buried at Lockney
Grady D Ernest Rigdon, 9, died Thursday after a motor car accident in this city. He will be buried in Lockney with funeral arrangements to be announced. His body was shipped to Lockney Thursday night by N 8 Griggs & Sons. Rigdon, a 10 year resident, lived at 609 Fillmore and died in a local hospital from injuries sustained when struck by a car driven by Henry Jefferson. Jefferson, a negro, was fined for reckless driving. Rigdon was walking when struck.
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Grady D. Ernest Rigdon
Lockney
Griggs & Sons
Rigdon
Fillmore
Henry Jefferson
Amarillo Seeks Bids for Street Paving Projects
The City Commission of Amarillo Texas will receive sealed bids by 7 30 p m on Tuesday September 2 1980 for paving on Dixie Street Kansas Street North Garfield Street West 7th Avenue and long street among others including curbs drainage and excavation. A five percent bid guarantee plus a performance and payment bond is required. The city may accept or reject any bids and the City Manager Durham signs the notice.
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City Commission
Amarillo
Texas
Dixie Street
Sunset Terrace
Country Club
Kansas Street
Garfield Street
Wichita
8Th Street
West 7Th Avenue
Tennessee
Maryland
Ten
Carolina
West 7Th Ave
van Buren
Jackson
Long Street
N. P. L. 14Th
Amarllo
Tragedy In Street As Car Strikes Pedestrian
In Reading England, two men die as a car driven by Jefferson hits a man crossing a street. Rigdon is survived by his widow and three children Juanita Orville and Clyde, with other relatives in Lockney. In Aldershot, Private Leslie Reginald Smith pays a five pound fine for stealing a motorcycle to frustrate tank noise at the barracks.
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Jefferson
Rigdon
Juanita
Orville
Clyde
Lockney
United Press
Reading
Eng
Leslie Reginald Smith
Aldershot Barracks
Services for McGaughey Held Today
Last rites were held for G R McGaughey 38 field worker for Canadian River Gas at Griggs Funeral Chapel. Burial in Llano Cemetery. Survived by widow and two daughters Wanna 9 and Moletta 3. Family home 38 miles north of Amarillo near Fritch. Jesse Petty and Al Mamaux, now with the Newark Club in the International League, are old vaudeville partners.
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Canadian River Gas Company
Griggs
Llano
McGaughey
Wanna
Moletta
Amarillo
Fritch
Jesse Petty
al Mamaux
Newark
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