Petrochemicals Face Growing Pains After Postwar Boom
San Francisco reports the petrochemical industry, once a byproduct of oil refining, now a major growth sector supplying synthetic fibers, detergents, plastics, fertilizers, and pharmaceuticals. Overcapacity, price pressures, and shifting demand test leaders, who remain confident in continued expansion and market strength. Oronite Chemical Co highlights ongoing demand for detergent materials and Dacron precursor supply, with plans for further capacity and new plants in California.
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San Francisco
Oronite Chemical Co
Standard Oil Co
California
Oronite
du Pont
Dacron
Cronite
San Francisco Bay Area
Oranite
Executor Appointed in Estate of William Wraft
Notice in Middletown Ohio names Glen Kraft as executor of the estate of William Wraft deceased of Middletown Butler County. Creditors must file claims within four months or be barred. Dated April 12 1954 by Harry F Walsh co counsel.
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Coriton W. Bates
C. E. Mole
Middletown
Ohio
Carlton W. Bates
Butler County
Harry F. Walsh
Tate
William Rat
Glen Kraft
Middietown
Wraft
Butter Sunty
Patly
Chiorinators
Director of Finance
Rural regions resist daylight time in yearly debate
Rural areas have long opposed daylight saving while cities embrace the extra evening hour. In New England three states extend the period to October, Indiana and Kentucky permit local options, and many states list daylight saving in whole or part with districts like Washington DC voting power shifted to district commissioners.
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New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
District of Columbia
Congress
Indiana
Kentucky
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia Panhandle
Wheeling
Panhandle
St. Louis
Missouri
Maine
Montana
Ohio
Vermont
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Maryland
West Virginia
New York
New Jersey
Relief Goods For ROKs Arrive In Tokyo By Airlift
The first shipment of Operation Mercy Airlift relief for Korean War orphans arrived in Tokyo aboard Canadian Pacific Airlines. Twenty thousand pounds of food medicine and clothing were donated largely by Dallas residents. The project was started by the late Tom Braniff and is carried on by his friends with cargo space donated by Braniff United and Canadian Pacific. In 1953 California grape production reached about 2,449,000 tons valued at 107,223,000 dollars.
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Tokyo
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Dallas
Tom Braniff
Braniff Airlines
Braniff
United
Canadian Pacific
Ike's Nosed Out By HST
Bellows Falls Vermont recounts a birthday contrast between Mary Jackson Bacon 103 and presidential greetings from Truman and Eisenhower. New Haven port reopened in 1954 after 50 years. Middletown Ohio issues legal notice inviting sealed bids for swimming pool chlorinators with detailed bid terms and conditions.
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Bellows Falls
Mary Jackson Bacon
Truman
Eisenhower
White House
New Haven
Conn
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