Finland’s Modest Millionaire Rails Against Wealth
Rakel Wihuri of Helsinki, a 70 year old conglomerate head with wealth estimates around 400 million dollars, says being a Finnish millionaire is not about wealth. She notes Finland’s small population and her family controlled empire spans rail equipment, buses, tractors, plastic wrap, offshore oil drills, wholesale retail, wallpaper, auto dealers, and a fleet of freighters and tankers. Her 5,000 employees include her three sons and a foundation for the arts and a private hospital. she recalls being the first woman on a Finnish bank board and attending meetings with Lloyds of London.
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Norway
Finland
Hawaii
Los Angeles
United States
Europe
Wihuris
Heart
Finnair
Wihuri
Lloyds of London
Nitrogen fixing grass could cut oil use and fertilizer costs
Florida researchers at the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences test bacteria-treated tropical grasses that pull nitrogen from air to fertilizer for pastures and rotated crops. Findings show up to 50 percent yield gains. if scaled, the method could slash oil use and save tens of millions annually, with three to five years to commercial viability.
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University of Florida
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
S. H. West
Institute
West
Florida
Joahanna Dobersiner
Brazil
Stanley C. Schank
Day the Sun Disappeared Explained by Early Theories
In May 1780 New England faced sudden darkness that shocked residents. Ezra Stiles and other scholars offered air pollution and forest-fire vapor explanations, while Col. Abraham Davenport urged calm as the legislature debated the ominous event.
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James W. Healion
Hartford
Conn
UPI
New England
John Greenleaf Whittier
Connecticut
Abraham Davenport
Stamford
Ezra Stiles
Yale
Samuel Tenney
Exeter
N.H
Harvard
Davenport
Ella T. Grasso
Stamford Historical Society
Gates slows opening of Iola rubber plant
Gates Rubber Company will start production at the Iola plant about the first of next year, says plant manager Bert Hoefs. He cites weaker demand for braided hydraulic hose and notes another Gates plant can meet current needs, but the Iola project remains part of long-range plans.
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IOLA
Gates Rubber Company
Bert Hoefs
Hoefs
Gates
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Helsinki
Rakel Wihuri
Rockefellers
David L. Langford
Gainesville
Fla
Vermont
Ipswich
Mass
Menassah Cutler
Boston
Mather Byles
N. Santa Fe
S. Central
Tribune
N. Evergreen
Chanute
Home Appliance Company
Chanute, Kansas
Cover Girl Shoe CO
America
Oakbrook
E. Main
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