From Kerosene to Crude Power How Oil Growed Globally
Houston AP traces oil history from early waste gasoline to modern vast capacity. It notes 1847 start refining five gallons daily, today about 15.5 million barrels daily, and thousands of firms, pipelines, and refineries shaping a global energy system. It covers Drake's 1859 well, offshore drilling, reserves, costs, and future prospects.
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Houston
U.S
Texas
Edwin Drake
Drake
Titusville
Ohio
California
Oklahoma
United States
Alaska
Arctic
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
U. S
Staleys Goal Sets Target For NFO Farm Control
Kansas City AP Staley urged about 6,000 NFC delegates to unite and build a production system to bargain for better prices. He set a goal to control 30 percent of U S farm production, warned of a Capper Volstead Act challenge, and called for longer leadership terms and bylaws to stabilize the organization. He warned of a hog eat hog struggle if price policy shifts fail.
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Kansas City
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Oren Lee Staley
Staley
NFC
Securities Exchange Commission
Delano Paulson
Dodge Center
Minn
Young Sisters Face Sunless Life With Xeroderma Pigmentosum
Terri Addington, 12, and her 10-year-old sister Lisa endure life indoors due to extreme sensitivity to ultraviolet rays. Doctors explain the disease causes numerous skin tumors and highlights the lack of cure, with frequent surgeries and reliance on medical center care.
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Tulsa
Okla
Terri Addington
Lisa
Pete Dosser
Dogser
Dosser
Terri
Billie Ritchie
Edward Addington
Addington
Children’s Medical Center
Oklahoma City
Perot Tax Amendment Causes House Embarrassment
The House Ways and Means Committee faced embarrassment after approving a Perot linked amendment that retroactively would provide about 165 million in special tax refunds to high income investors, including roughly 15 million for H Ross Perot. The full House later killed the amendment 379 to 27. To prevent further issues, staff were instructed to assess if any future special tax bills would be retroactive or benefit specific taxpayers.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Texas
H. Ross Perot
The
Wall Street Journal
Perot
Rep
Fortney H. Stark
D-Calif
Ways and Means
Stark
CORE Signs Recruits For Angola Duty
U S intelligence sources say CORE recruitment of black veterans could supply a mercenary force to Angola. Roy Innis says recruits would serve as a police force for a mediation effort at the request of the OAU. No recruits dispatched yet amid CIA-linked faction fighting and Cuban-Soviet involvement.
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Garden City
U.S
Congress of Racial Equality
Angola
Long Island
Newsday
Roy Innis
CORE
Wartorn
Innis
Organization of African Unity
OAU
Central Intelligence Agency
National Union For the Total Independence of Angola
UNITA
National Front For the Liberation of Angola
FNLA
CIA
Popular Movement For the Liberation of Angola
MPLA
Portugal
Christmas Stamp May Not Work Well Abroad
The AP reports that this year's Christmas stamps lack a denomination, causing potential abroad mail issues since Universal Postal Union rules require a printed amount. The USPS says clerks may not consistently recognize the stamps and recommends domestic use only. first class rates rise to 13 cents after December 28. A separate item notes the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Robert A Giltner of Vandalia at Audrain Medical Center.
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Washington
Universal Postal Union
United Nations Agency
Robert A. Giltner
Vandalia
Audrain Medical Center
Mr. Giltner
Mel Storch Ford
House Votes Millions For National Women’s Conference
The House approved 5 million dollars for a National Women’s Conference program with state and regional meetings next year, leading to a national event. Rep. Bella Abzug praised the move as a step to assess and plan for women’s future while conservatives warned of ERA lobbying in the meetings. The plan includes a lobbying ban for conference participants.
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Washington
House
Senate
Bella Abzug
D-N.y
NATO Ministers Likely Back Warhead Withdrawal Plan
NATO foreign ministers in Brussels are expected to approve Henry Kissinger’s plan to remove 1000 U.S. tactical nuclear warheads from West Germany in exchange for the Soviet removal of 1700 tanks and 66000 troops from central Europe. Kissinger arrived for the conference to advance the idea aimed at reviving stalled Vienna talks.
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NATO
Brussels
Belgium
Henry A. Kissinger
U.S
West Germany
Europe
Kissinger
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