Coal into gas rich future eyed by industry chief
Chicago based Coalcon a Union Carbide subsidiary aims to build the nation’s first major coal gasification demo plant at New Athens Illinois. Stanley Noss president says 100 or more plants could follow reducing oil imports and spurring a multibillion dollar industry with new plants and related metals and petrochemical complexes. ERDA backs half the 237 million fully funded project and construction could start in 1977 with completion in 1980 followed by several years of operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noss
Ness
Coalcon
Union Carbide and Chemical Construction Co
U.S
Energy Research and Development Administration
New Athens
Terview
Coulton
Consortium
Sid Marder
Illinois Department of Business and
Conomic Development
Linois
Radiocarbon dating questioned by physicist in Michigan
Robert Brown of Andrews University challenges radiocarbon dating for objects older than about four thousand years. He suggests carbon-14 was absent before 2000 B.C. and atmospheric changes later created a false age in some specimens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berrien Springs
Mich
B.C
Brown
Venezuela nationalizes oil and seeks buyers for half a million barrels
Venezuela's nationalized oil industry began seeking buyers for about 500000 barrels daily after international firms balked at pricing. President Perez said a solid price matters more than volume, as the state seeks two million barrels daily but faces high offers and compensation terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracas
Venezuela
UPI
Carlos Andres Perez
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Perez
Exxon
Shell
Gulf
Venezela
Venezelans
Ford signs bill targeting redlining practices
President Ford signed a UPI report bill aimed at discouraging banks from refusing home mortgage loans to buyers in declining neighborhoods. The measure also extends another provision until March 1 1977.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Ford
Savings and Loan
Congress
Necrology and weather summary from Bennington area
The page lists obituaries for multiple residents including Mary Frances K Nash and Edward C. Nash from Woodbury New Jersey and Bennington Vermont, followed by a National Weather Service forecast for New England predicting clear days, with teens to 30s temperatures and a chance of rain or snow.
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Edward C
Mary Frances K.) Nash
Woodbury
N.J
Daniel
Maude) Boutwell
Rutland
Thomas J. Biggs
Bennington
Henry G
Marjorie S.) Root
Frances Thorndike
Bayside
N.Y
Richard Ralph Sargent
William A. Butler
Pittsfield
Mass
Margaret Ruth Healy
Washington, D.C
George M. Garrison
Pownal
George
Violet) Ameden
Rupert
Earl Harrington
George J
Grace S.) Balz
West Sandgate
Henry
Ahetta D
Boston
UPI
National Weather Service
New England
Bangladesh aims to curb population surge with monthlong drive
President Abu Sayem announced a one month campaign to stem population growth in Bangladesh. In six days 12,000 social workers visited homes to distribute contraceptives and family planning literature as the nation, amid high unemployment and food shortages, faces rapid population growth and forecasts of 150 million by 2000.
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Dacca
Bangladesh
UPI
Abu Sayem
Pakistan
Ms Ms Ms in question over Mrs Miss or Ms in press style
The 1975 Christian Science Publishing Society piece reports newspapers debating using Mrs Miss or Ms in addressing women. Editors weigh gender neutrality noting stylebooks may change while some outlets resist Ms and others adopt spokesperson terms as usage evolves.
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David Winder
Los Angeles
The
Fourth Estate
Women’s Liberation Groups
Dalton Rick
Topeka (Kansas
Capital-Journal
Christian Science Monitor
Chicago Daily News
Bob Schultz
New York Times
Theodore M. Bernstein
Mr. Bernstein
Annabel Wilson
Los Angeles Times
Wall Street Journal
Gannett
Sacramento Bee
Joan Smith
Smith
Northrop overcharges repaid as overhead used for Nixon gifts
Rep Les Aspin cites a Defense Contract Audit Agency report showing Northrop Corp charged $370,927 as overhead on federal contracts that funded illegal contributions to Nixon's 1972 campaign. Northrop officials pleaded guilty and were fined. Aspin urges FBI review and further repayment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Les Aspin
D-Wis
Northrop Corp
Nixon
Aspin
Defense Contract Audit Agency
Northrop
Thomas W. Jones
James Allen
House Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
FBI
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Stanley Noss
East St . Louis
ERDA
Illinois
Chio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Kentucky
Coalton
M. Hyde
Syracuse
Lindon L. Davis
Miami
Fla
Raymond B. Bates
St. Petersburg
William H. Sweet
Castleton
Jacques A. Mitchell Jr
Dorset
Maurice V. Donahue
Hoosick Falls
Ethel H. Grogan
Wesley C. Green
Los Gatos
Calif
Stephen Leskowsky
Fred W. Bates Jr
Cambridge
Irving Haynes
Hoosick
Charles J. Wright
Hudson
Alan Burr Overstreet
Florence E. Langlois
Gardner S
Scatamount National Bank
F.d.ilc
Washington Post
Frederick Taylor
Christian Science Publishing Society
Main St
Grand Union
Supermar
Finast
Finast Fresh
Bes
Finast Dozen
Clarendon
Burlington
Barre
Bellows Falls
Laconia
Nashua
Concord
Keene
Claremont
Fienberg
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