After 100 Years Plastics Move From Ivory Substitutes
Washington reports plastics entering a second century of growth from early Celluloid to modern polymers. John Wesley Hyatt helped pioneer the process in 1869, with broad use from billiard balls to dental plates. Predictions show continued expansion into housing, piping, and consumer goods facilitated by polymer chemistry and improved fuel plastics.
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Police Week Poster Sparks Talk on Attire
Police Week events begin May 1 as city officials discuss uniform rules. Commander Rizzo of the community relations division viewed a poster and noted a haircut policy ahead of the public ceremony.
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Rizzo
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Students Clean Up Highway in Six-Hour Drive
Fifteen SUNY Plattsburgh students spent six hours in drizzle collecting trash along a five mile stretch near Plattsburgh New York. They filled three county highway department trucks with debris and urged other colleges to curb violence and pollution.
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Food price rise forecast for 1969 slightly lower
The Agriculture Department expects food prices to climb in 1969, but not as much as earlier estimates. Experts say overall grocery prices may rise about 2.5 percent from 1968 levels, with restaurant prices up 3 to 5 percent. Last year grocery prices rose 3 percent and restaurant prices 5 percent.
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