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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 09, 1973

Page

6

Trinity River Barge Canal Faces Voters in 17 Counties

The Dallas AP reports the Trinity River Authority seeks a $150 million bond issue to fund early canal work from Dallas Fort Worth to the Gulf. Federal share eyed, local taxes rise to fund the project amid opposition by COST and concerns of regional disparities.

Dallas Trinity River Dallas- Fort Worth Gulf of Mexico Trinity River Authority TRA David Brune Washington Brune Henry C. Fulcher Citizens Organization For A COST Fulcher Tarrant Chambers, Ellis and Navarro Kaufman, Hen Dallas and Fort Worth Wes Wise Chambers of Commerce Sharkey Stovall Tom J. Vandergriff Arlington Southland Financial Corp James F. White Southern Methodist University Southland Ben H. Carpenter TCA Trinity Southland Life Charles F. Hawn Athens Carpenter Trinity Watershed Freestone Navarre Kaufman

Calgary research links cold water to drowning risk

Dr. Keith Cooper of the University of Calgary conducts cold water immersion tests with volunteers to study breathing, circulation, and muscle response at 50 degrees and colder. Funded by Canadian and U S defense bodies, the work aims to explain about 100000 cold water drownings yearly and predict who is most at risk.

Calgary Keith Cooper University of Calgary Canada Defense, Research Board United States Navy Cooper

Fischer Spassky match turns chess into big business

New Yorker Shelby Lyman rides the chess boom sparked by Fischer and Spassky. As Marshall Club instructor and TV host he earns from books lectures and columns, develops a teach-yourself game, and runs a nonprofit chess institute while turning down high hourly teaching offers. He notes fame brings warmth and attention, but not dramatic wealth.

New York Bobby Fischer America Boris Spassky Soviet Union Shelby Lyman Lyman Marshall Club Iceland Pye Fischer Plains

U.S. Lags in Metric Adoption Despite Advisory Push

The World Almanac notes the United States remains the only industrial nation not using the metric system and not yet in an official changeover. Sen Claiborne Pell estimates annual losses of 10 to 25 billion dollars due to noncompliant measurements. Congress has approved preliminary legislation for a voluntary switch.

U.S World Almanac Claiborne Pell Congress

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