History of Oil Traced Back 6000 Years By Bible
Timeline traces petroleum use from biblical Noah to modern industry. Key milestones include 4000 B C asphalt in Nineveh, 1900 B C natural gas in China, 615 B C oil near Kirkuk, 493 A D Norse use in Vineland, 1200 A D Marco Polo note, 1859 Drake Titusville well, 1901 Spindletop, and 1913 Burton cracking boosting gasoline.
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Noah
Mesopotamia
Ninevah
Babylon
China
Moses
Red Sea
Japan
Nebuchadnezzar
Shadrach
Meshach
Abednego
Kirkuk
Iraq
Susa
Persia
Mark Anthony
Dead Sea
Cleeppatra
Malthus
Marco Polo
Causcasian Mountains
Italy
Peter the Great
Baku
George Washington
Burning Spring
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Drake
Titusville
Texas
United States
A. D
Mouse interrupts Minot council meeting in municipal auditorium
A mouse wandered to the speakers’ table during a Minot city council meeting. An alderman trapped it by its tail, another hurled it from the window, and a third moved that mouse traps be provided for the new auditorium.
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Minot
N. D
Methods Used To Move Oil And Products Valued Over $2 Billion
An overview of the U S petroleum transport system notes a network of 186 723 miles of pipeline 115 339 tank cars 30 673 over the road tank trucks and 2 150 barges moving over six million barrels daily from 29 states to refineries and 30 000 wholesale bulk plants serving 200 000 service stations. Oil travels underground for almost half and pipelines move freight at two to three miles per hour accounting for 14 percent of U S freight.
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United States
Texas
New York
U. S
America
Food Sense Not Nonsense What Makes The Man Or Woman
Nutritionists link diet to physical condition and set standard dietary allowances. The National Research Council uses a 25 year old standard man and woman to project calorie needs and nutrient requirements for active adults over the next decades. Calorie needs decline about five percent per decade, with activity causing variations. A balanced diet of common foods can meet these needs including protein calories minerals and vitamins.
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National Research Council
Swedes choose beer over liquor in first all-you-want sale
In Stockholm crowds braved rain for the first day of unrestricted liquor sales after 14 years of semi-prohibition. Despite government warnings, three of four Swedes bought beer rather than hard liquor as strong Danish and German beers became available for the first time. Liquor purchases remained largely normal, with beer driving the rush.
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Stockholm
United Press
Children speak up more often than parents did says expert
Mildred Templin from the Institute of Child Welfare at the University of Minnesota tells a speech conference that children now talk more than their parents did in youth. Parents have dropped the saying that children should be seen and not heard.
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Iowa City
Mildred Templin
The
Institute of Child Welfare
University of Minnesota
Noted Correspondent Buys Russian Gasoline at High Price
The author recounts paying about $1 a gallon for watered Russian gasoline in Moscow and sometimes on the black market. He notes kerosine shortages, hauling it in a bucket, and occasional American oil imports to Russia during World War II, while praising the American petroleum industry.
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Russia
Moscow
Soviet Union
Baku
Gurev
Caspian Sea
Volga
U. S
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DIAL
North Leech
Sweden
Vic
Veterans Administration Office
Eddy Gilmore
Gospodin
Great America
Permian Basin
Bernard Alderman
Travis Jackson
Too Shop
Leon Bennefield
Floyd Frederick
Bob Gadberry
R. W Cooksey
Anthony Wayne Knotts
Uthorized
Aluminum
E. Marland
Hobbs, N. M
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