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The article discusses plastics and polymerization from natural to synthetic materials. It traces early discoveries from celluloid to phenoplast and explains how polymers form long chain molecules and become flexible with plasticizers. It notes key inventors Hyatt and Baekeland and emphasizes plastics as new materials with wide potential.
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Gail Banks
Edmonton
Alberta
John Hyatt
Isiah Hyatt
Leo Baekeland
Social Security raises automatic for 1968 checks
Officials say the 1968 Social Security increase is automatic and will appear in March checks, with at least a 13 percent jump for eligible recipients. The form or action is not required to qualify.
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Congress
Conversation snippet on signals and humor
A short dialogue about smoke signals and a joke about fat and a butcher shop. The exchange features a Big Chief and characters named Jack and Mary discussing local versus long distance calls and a punchline about where to get fat.
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Jack
Mary
Puzzle yields three fruit names from word rearrangement
Reader puzzle promises three fruits by rearranging letters in each word. Yesterday's crossword clues list across and down hints with words like Eve, Are, Go, By, Top and desk. A winner is Cathy Ryburn of Bargersville Indiana.
Athens College appoints four students to board
Four students join the Athens College board to organize social cultural and recreational programs for the college community. Mal president Penny Goetz Huntsville is secretary and John Jef fers Westfield N J treasurer Massingale serves as faculty advisor Adler and Massingale are named.
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Penny Goetz
Huntsville
John Jeffers
Westfield
N.J
Massingale
Adler
Town Creek Plant Reopens While Fire-Impacted Site Pauses Work
Plant manager Aaron Yarvin reports limited work continues in a nonfire damaged building as the Town Creek plant plans multi shift operations. The board envisions funding links and includes faculty staff students and alumni on committees to plan activities and future programs.
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Aaron Yarvin
Yarvin
Unemployment Hits Local Building Workforce This Week
The building trades report many employees temporarily out of work this week due to a slowdown. Officials estimate the unemployment option affects a significant portion of site workers and call for measures to stabilize jobs.
Bald eagle nesting areas in Florida highlighted
Florida, boasting a bald eagle population around 500, is one of the few regions where these birds successfully nest south of Alaska, with Florida housing several major nesting sites.
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Florida
Alaska
TVA Awards 998 379 Turbine Contract for Browns Ferry Units
The Tennessee Valley Authority awarded General Electric a 998 379 dollar contract for three reactor feed pump turbines for Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant. The turbines, to be identical to those used on the first two units under construction, will be built in Fitchburg Massachusetts.
Calhoun Program Aims to Cut Paper Work for Bookkeeping
The Calhoun State Technical School Business Education Department plans day and evening junior accounting and secretarial courses to meet employer needs in North Alabama. Griggs notes rising bookkeeping demand, limited automation, and that a high school diploma is required for acceptance. Faculty include Witt Johnson Frith, graduates of Florence State College and Jacksonville State University.
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John C. Calhoun State Technical School
North
Alabama
D. Griggs
Griggs
Alabama Department of Industrial Relations
iGriggs
Business Education
Riggs
Jeron Witt
Sue Johnson
Art Frith
Florence State College
Mrs. Frith
Jacksonville State University
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