Innovative fiberglass homes aid refugees in Bangladesh
Bill Woudenberg of CARE in Paterson New Jersey develops a fiber glass jute fiber sandwich system for prefab modular houses in Bangladesh. The wedge shaped panels bolt into a dome shaped, relocatable home costing as little as 300 dollars, following earlier rammed earth and bamboo loom innovations.
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New York
Bill Woudenberg
Paterson
N. J
Greenwich Village
Woudenberg
Care, Inc
Bangladesh
India
Youdenberg
Pakistan
Chittagong
United States
Odd 17th Century Bellows Describe Fire Promotion
An old cyclopedia explains bellows come in many forms with the common small hand bellows shown in a cut used to promote household fire combustion. The piece notes a French era example with leather, wood, and brads, praising wood carving including a Queen Elizabeth I portrait on a bellows board.
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France
Canada
Mississippi Valley
Radiolarians Harbor Buoyancy via Tiny Fat Blobs
A sea creature known as a radiolarian uses small fat droplets arranged in a circular pattern at its center to maintain buoyancy. This structural adaptation highlights intricate cellular organization guiding its flotation in ocean waters.
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Carl Clausen
Gulf of Mexico
North Florida
Pilgrims training boards prepare Malaysias Haj journey
A record 11 000 Malaysian Muslims plan to travel to Mecca for the Haj with government sponsored Pilgrims Fund Board training centers across Malaysia to teach the rituals and ceremonies required. Detroits civil rights commission adds two clergy members Rev Dr A A Banks and Rev Theodore F E Lamarre. Bologna to restore San Petronio Cathedral facade over three years due to air pollution damage with Jacopo della Queridia sculptures to be restored. Rocklands Rev Francis Crowley named national Amvets chaplain and Bostons Rev Avery D Post named head of a 14 member United Church of Christ leadership commission.
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Kuala Lumpur
UPIA
Mecca
Pilgrims Fund Board
Malaysia
Detroit
UPI
Michigan Civil Rights Commission
A. A. Banks
Theodore FE. Lamarre
Birch Run
Mich
Bologna
Italy
UPD
San Petronio
Jacopo Della Queridia
Rockland, Mass
Francis Crowley
Holy Family Roman Catholic Church
Massachusetts
Amvets
Boston
Avery D. Post
Massachusets
United Church of Christi
United Church of Christ
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Leroy Pope
UPS Business
Cuero
LABOR
Fromme
Automotive Service
Court House
Ctero
Clark Kinnaird
King Features Syndicate
Lyscit
Cuero V.F.W
Wilfred Peters
Carl Culpepper
Treas
Pilot Club
OF Cuero
Doll House
Corinne Carlton
Cuero Lodge
Jack Folgar W.m. I. EB
Weatherly
Frieda Callies
Edward Ward
St. Louis
Ward
Leeds
England
ST. Michael's Church
OxFord
Charles Herman Allen
San Jose
Calif
State College
Lng
Amvets Name
American ‘Cancer Society
New Regency
MontwTeeg
Mr. Roydvard Raughton
Mer. and
Mos
Arthur R. Broderick
Cuero Record
E. Main
American Legion Civic Center
Otis Carpenter
Emil Buchhorn, Jr
Post
Bidg City Park
Wilfred Leist
Nathan Post Lumber CO
N. Esplanade
Woreing
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Leonard Jones
Evelyn
Frankie
Margie
Planned Parenthood
Radio City Station
N.Y
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