Getting High On Hot Air A Balloonists Trip
The article notes hot-air ballooning as a growing sport with licensing, equipment and safety. Albuquerque, New Mexico, is a ballooning mecca with many pilots. tours and tethered rides attract weekend crowds as ballooning evolved from early Montgolfier brothers to modern light nylon bags and burners.
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National Geographic World
United States
Albuquerque
New Mexico
U.S
World
Roger Bacon
Fur Trapping Makes Comeback in Texas
Texas fur trapping becomes a multi million dollar industry as natural furs regain demand. In 1974 75 nearly 19 000 trapping licenses were sold and about 700 000 animals harvested with a wholesale value around 4 200 000. Raccoon ringtail gray fox and red fox drive most revenue with over 60 percent of furs bought and 80 percent of income from these species.
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Europe
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Pierce Uzzell
P&wd
Anaconda Adopts Alcoa Pollution Control System
Anaconda Company licenses Alcoa 398 dry scrubbing process to control air pollution at its Columbia Falls Montana plant replacing the existing wet scrubber. The system, already used at Alcoa sites in Texas and in Sebree Kentucky, recycles over 98 percent of fluoride in fumes and required a 7.6 million dollar investment as part of its environmental program.
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Sebree, Kentucky
VA administrator outlines GI Bill life insurance premium waivers
Veterans Affairs Administrator Richard L. Roudebush says more veterans qualify for waivers of GI Bill life insurance premiums due to physical disabilities. He notes National Service Life Insurance policies from World War II provide for premium waivers in total disability situations.
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Richard L. Roudebush
Veterans Administration
Roudebush
Signs Point To Slowing In Growth Of Real GNP
The Brazos River Authority will study updates to the Water Quality Management Plan from 1974. Walter Wells, the Authority’s general manager, said the two year project costs 565000 dollars funded by the EPA and the Texas Water Quality Board. The effort will expand to evaluate sewer system needs in the Brazos Basin to inform construction grant funding for substandard systems.
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