Demand for oil products shows six per cent gain
Washington reports the 1955 demand for all oil types is seen rising about six percent from 1954, reflecting weather and economic factors. The forecast cites a 5.4 percent export drop but a 5 percent domestic rise, with gasoline demand up around 5.8 percent and distillate higher amid shifting uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Bureau of Mines
A. G. White
Bureau
Branch of Petroleum Economics
Plans To Shield Civilians From Atomic Fall Out
Texas civil defense officials map multi level plans to adapt home shelters for radiological fall out. Federal specialists publish interim guidance and a Home Shelters for Family Protection in an Atomic Attack manual costing 30 cents. Basements with exit doors and covered trenches offer best protection. costs range 10 to 166 dollars per person. In absence of shelter, individuals may use caves, cellars, or interior rooms with minimal exterior exposure in homes and multi story buildings for partial protection.
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Texas
Federal
Civil Defense Administration
U.S. Government Printing Office
Washington, D. C
Shell Buys Atom Smasher First Of Its Size In Oil Industry
Shell Development Co announces purchase of a three million volt Van de Graaff accelerator for the Emeryville lab to study radiation effects on fuels lubricants and plastics. Built by High Voltage Engineering Corp it will be installed in June 1958 and aims to reveal high energy radiation changes in matter enabling new products.
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Shell Development Co
Harold Gershinowita
van de Graaff
High Voltage Engineering Corp
Cambridge
Mass
Shell Scientista
Shell
Houstonehora
Houston
Davy Crockett Airman Faces Poison Ivy Rash in Kansas
Airman Davy Crockett of Smoky Air Force Base reports a puffy rash on his face and arms after an off duty walk in the woods near Salina Kansas. He tangled with poison ivy, noting a folk saying about thrift and timber growth as a metaphor.
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Salina
Kan
Davy Crockett
Smoky Hit Air Force Base
Bennigton State
Drought Stricken South Texas Pleads for Aid
South Texas drought area spanning 20 counties faces urgent needs for federal and state relief. Agriculture officials say conditions persist despite recent rains, with Live Oak County reporting severe losses as ranchers abandon cattle and stock feed is scarce.
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Austin
John C. White
Texas
Drouth
White
Live Oak
A. M. Edwards
Edwards
Hmmergency Assistance Association of
South Texas
Laredo
Corpus Christi
Live Oak County
Assistance Association
Washington
Missing airplane from Odessa to San Angelo prompts search
A Monday search continued for a small private Aeronca plane with two men aboard missing after leaving Odessa at 3 p.m. Sunday for San Angelo, about 100 miles away. Bill Blake, the aircraft owner, and Jay Townley, Odessa Aerial Service instructor, were named as the passengers.
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San Angelo
Tex
Odessa
Aeronca
Bill Blake
Jay
Townley
Odessa Aerial Service
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