Gasoline prices push pumps beyond fifty cents a gallon
Gasoline prices climb past 50 cents as pumps fail to register above 49.9 cents for some 200,000 meters. Operators plan 99.9 cent displays and four-digit totals costing about 150 dollars per pump. A Veeder Root spokesman notes rising orders while federal officials discuss half-gallon pricing or metric alternatives.
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Dierdre Donnelly
NEW York (Ap
The
Oil & Gas Journal
Veeder Root Co
Hartford
Conn
National Bureau of Standards’ Office of Weights and Measures
Federal Office of Weights and Measures
Otto Warnloff
United States
Distilled Water Myths and Medical Q&A From Thosteson
Readers ask about distilled water and health claims. Dr Thosteson says ordinary water contains beneficial trace elements and bacteria, distilled water is not a cure-all, and only rarely might distilled water help certain calcium stone cases. He also addresses growth impossibility, depilatories, vasectomy, and birth control guidance.
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G.K
Thoste
Dr. Thosteson
White Whale sculpture anchors New Bedford mall dream
In New Bedford Massachusetts a 50 foot foam concrete Moby Dick statue will lead White Whale Court in the Melville Mall a $15 million downtown complex with four courts and maritime themed interiors. The mall includes two theaters and 90 stores with completion due in fall 1976 and construction to start this fall.
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New Bedford
Mass
White Whale Court
Melville
The Oil Crisis Warns of Greed and Decline
A stark forecast argues that global oil reserves and topsoil are dwindling. It cites 1973 figures on oil in Saudi Arabia Kuwait Iran the Soviet Union and the U.S. and warns of steep prices shortages and societal impact if energy supply constrains persist. The piece blames consumer greed and political factors while noting Alaska's pipeline delay and the shift to coal.
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Oswald Spengler
United Nations
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
U.S
North Atlantic
Nixon
United States
Kuwait
Iran
Soviet Union
America
Canada
Venezuela
Contributions Save High Country News In Wyoming
Lander Wyoming AP reports the biweekly High Country News devoted to conservation faced closure after a 7500 loan due. Contributions poured in restoring finances as editor Tom Hill, who earned 910 for 1971 72, resumes a 400 monthly salary and says the paper is on stronger footing than ever.
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Lander
Wyo
Earth Day
High Country
Tom Hill
Capital service centers to spend 150 million in 1973
R G Welch president of the Steel Service Center Institute told the 14th annual meeting that the service center industry will invest over 150 million dollars in capital equipment in 1973. He noted that from 1960 to 1970 centers doubled in tonnage shipped and from 1970 to 1972 rose another 50 percent, with the industry handling about a quarter of U S metals sold, around 9 billion dollars.
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Dallas, Tex
R.G. Welch
Steel Service Center Institute
Welch
U.S
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Smithfield Packing Company
Smithfield
Norfolk
North Carolina
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Ray
FISH
Lexington Ave
College Village Shopping Center
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Uae
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Main ST
Sheraton
David Tipton
Office OF Energy Conservation
Federal Energy Office
Advertising Council
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