Wastes to Oil Process Could Power Cars in 2000
Pittsburgh scientists at the U S Bureau of Mines report a method to convert animal and urban wastes into crude oil. The process uses manure or cellulosic waste with carbon monoxide at high pressure and heat to yield crude oil with roughly two tons of dry manure producing about one ton of oil and equal water.
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Bureau
G. Alex Mills
Coal
Herbert R. Appell
Irvin G. Wonder
Dr. Appell
Appell
Nature
East German red tape delays wedding of American student and nurse
BERLIN UP I Western officials say East German stubbornness blocks the marriage of MIT PhD student Lyle Jenkins and Elisabeth Neumann a former Charite nurse jailed in 1969 for helping a friend flee East Germany They face weeks to months to obtain Elisabeth a West German passport and a fiancee visa before a U S wedding plan two weddings with Brigitte Heider and Jack Strickland in the United States
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Berlin
UPI
Elisabeth
Lyle Jenkins
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Norfolk
United States
Jenkins
Elisabeth Neumann
East Berlin
Charite Hospital
East Germany
U.S
Brigitte Heider
Jack Strickland
Santa Barbara
Calif
Navy trains porpoises to shield divers from sharks
Navy researchers at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota trained a 450-pound bottlenose dolphin named Simo to respond to underwater signals and drive away a seven-foot brown shark. The achievement under an Office of Naval Research contract aims to protect divers and salvage crews in shark infested waters. The Navy highlighted porpoises intelligence and past use for tools, messages, and locating equipment.
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Office of Naval Research
Mote Marine Laboratory
Sarasota
Fla
Mote Laboratory
Simo
Blue Collar Workers See Ongoing Change in Nation’s Labor Force
Economist Sam A. Levitan of George Washington University collects articles from sociologists and experts for a book on middle America’s blue collar workers. He notes a decade of shifts erasing stereotypes, with no clear political upheaval and most blue collar workers remaining Democratic, amid broader societal changes.
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UPI
America
Bluecollar
Sam A. Levitan
George Washington University
GWU
Levitan
Center For Manpower Studies
Middle America
Nixon
Democratic Party
Donnybrook
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