Can we get our oil from our coal
The article argues coal as the nation’s abundant fossil fuel could reduce oil use if liquefaction methods scale. It notes past and current coal conversion processes, government funding, and plant designs in New Jersey West Virginia and South Africa, estimating costs and timelines of 5 years to build sizeable plants and potential prices of 13 to 30 dollars per barrel.
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Montana
Wyoming
Iowa
Ilinois
New England
Bergius
South Africa
Princeton University
COED
Cresap
West Virginia
Office of Coal Research
Consolidation Coal Company
Hydrocarbon Research Inc
Atlantic- Richfield
Exxon
U.S
Amoco
Harold
Newt
Ray
Tower of Sequin Light
Generational fashion rants on shirts ties and French influence
A professor at large riffs on post holiday bargains in New York and European stores. He rails at the long rise undershirts and oversized collars while blaming fashion cycles and French designers for dictating attire. He recalls Amsterdam Bijenkorf sales and a jab at Bernard Lanvin and sneering at global couture.
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Berkshires
New York
Sydney
Lord Fauntleroy
Amsterdam
Bennington Notes Highlight Local Arts and Commerce
Obituary notes John B Harte founder of two Bennington theatres dies this afternoon. A $1439 town vote funds North Street bridge construction. The 60th annual Bennington Battle Monument meeting, 100th anniversary of Second Congregational Church, and the Reed family obituary are reported. Grant’s store may reopen later. Dorothy Canfield Fisher retires from Book of the Month Club board. MAU withholds contract transfer approval. 1965 year praised by 20 local manufacturers. Margaret Lillie resigns as county chairman. Permanent press finish promises ironing reduction.
The Snowy Night with a Snooping Dog
A shaggy dog wanders into a rural home during a heavy snowstorm. The narrator recalls clapping the dog outside and the dog’s nocturnal serenade, revealing friendship and caution about inviting strangers inside. Thornton Wilder’s death is noted at the end.
On This Date Highlights From History
On this date in 1815 General Andrew Jackson defeated the British at New Orleans ending the War of 1812. In 1867 Congress approved suffrage for blacks in the District of Columbia. In 1973 the Watergate 7 trial began in Washington, D C for breaking into the Democratic Party headquarters. In 1974 President Nixon denied aiding milk producers and ITT for campaign contributions.
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Andrew Jackson
New Orleans
Congress
District of Columbia
Washington, D.C
Democratic Party
Nixon
International Telephone & Telegraph
Letters To The Banner On Pioneer Dan Leonard
The letter recalls Daniel G Leonard a 19th century pioneer murdered in Oregon in 1878. He was a Vermont native who sought gold in California and operated a hotel and river crossing on the Old Oregon Trail. It asks readers to share family records to complete his historical account and notes his widow Mary later became Oregon’s first woman lawyer.
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Daniel G. Leonard
Oregon
Vermont
California
Oregon Trail
Mary
Dan Leonard
East
Unraveling the Leonard Family Line and a 19th Century Murder
Scholar seeks sources on Daniel G. Leonard born around 1813 to connect him to Revolutionary and Colonial eras. His widow Mary Leonard, once acquitted in his 1878 murder trial, became Oregon’s first woman lawyer with Abigail Duniway’s support. The inscription at The Dalles grave marks his death January 16, 1878.
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New England
Daniel
Mary Leonard
Leonard
Dalles
Oregon
D. G. Leonard
31St St
Corvallis
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John R. Dixon
Berkshire Eagle
Conway, Mass
United States
Interior Department
FMC Corporation
Princeton, N.J
Haute Haberdashery
George C. Connelly
North Sea
Netherlands
Bijenkorf
Messrs
Ford
Hague
Ghent
Bruges
Brussels
Couturier
Bernard Lanvin
Connelly
M. Lanvin
John B. Harte
Bennington
North Street
The
Bennington Battle Monument and Historical Association
Bennington Club
Second Congregational Church
Louis Francis Reed Jr
Monument Road
A&p
Marie Hartford Hoffman Reed Robertson
Putnam Hospital
W.T. Grant
Main Street
Adams Clothes Shop
Grant
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Arlington
Eugene V. Clark
MAU
Bennington County
Republican Committee
Margaret FE. Lillie
AVM
Kay Strassburg
John Gould
Friendshop
Maine
Christian Science Publishing Society
Thornton Wilder
Marie Gysin
Portland
Abigail Duniway
Fred W. Decker
Oregon State University
Ore
Saab
Scot Sport Motors
North ST. Bennington
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