Glamorous THUMS oil field rises in Long Beach harbor
Long Beach hosts the East Wilmington field the world calls glamorous built on four artificial islands Alfa Bravo Charlie Delta. THUMS group Texaco Humble Union Mobil Shell spent about 150 million dollars, with 375 wells on islands and 104 on Pier 1 producing 130000 barrels daily and 45 million cubic feet of gas. By 1970 peak output reaches 160000 barrels daily across 750 wells.
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Dick Kleiner
Long Beach
Calif
NEA
THUMS
Texaco
Humble
Union
Mobil
Shell
Alfa
Bravo
Charlie
Delta
Harry Aggers
Islands
Fanace
Alfa Island
Deltas
Aggers
General Petroleum
Sybil's Cave toy predates vending machines and fortune cards
The article recalls the 1868 patent by J. S. Griffith of Philadelphia for the Sybil's Cave gypsy tale toy. Activating a lever released numbered balls with fortunes, seen as an early toy predecessor to gum dispensers and penny-scales, illustrating how toys taught violence yet offered collector interest. CLARK KINNAIRD
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J. S. Griffith
Philadelphia
Clark Kinnaird
UFO Coffeehouse near Fort Jackson stirs pacifist scene
In Columbia a controversial coffeehouse named the UFO stands opposite City Hall near Fort Jackson. The venue hosts pacifist art and speeches, draws GIs and students, and has faced police harassment and a Civil Liberties Union appeal over a poster case amid antiwar activism and debates on liberty.
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James Baldwin
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Richard Bavley
Boston
Bavley
UFO
Lois Levitan
University of Chicago
Tick Zydcyrn
Peace Corps
San Francisco
Ft. Jackson
Vietnam
Summer of Support
SOS
Fred Gardner
Chicago
Ramparts Magazine
Miss Levitan
Paul R. Stickel
Stickel
Vietnam GI
David Andrews
Providence
R. I
Andrews
Patrick Duffy
Calif
Fort
Duffy
Post
Charles Cotterill
Chapel Hill
N. C
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