Lighting systems waste electricity in offices and homes
AP Business Article notes 90 percent of lighting systems waste half their potential output. Engineers say heat loss and overworked AC cut efficiency, with buildings consuming 20 percent of industrial energy and lighting 20 percent of that. Improved lumens per watt and maintenance could cut energy use by 15 to 25 percent.
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John Cunniff
NEW York
The
Illuminating Engineering Society
Richard Dorsey
General Electric
George Clark
IES
Sylvania Electric
Dorsey and
Clark
Tour Historic Galena Homes Opens Sep 23 24
The 23rd annual Tour Historic Galena Homes runs September 23 and 24 showing six private houses across Galena. Highlights include Grant’s 1840 home and 1842 Porter house with a John Deere set, 1835 Herman house Belter chairs, 1849 Simeon Miner home, and 1842 Brown home with original doors and Marmaduke chairs. Open daily 9 am to 5 pm with other historic sites and melodrama at Galena Art Theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galena
First Presbyterian Church
Northwest Territory
U.S. Grant
Porter
John Deere
Herman
Adams
Simeon K. Miner
C. Franklin Brown
Missouri
Marmaduke
Belgium
Social Security to raise benefits and taxes under new law
More than 27 million beneficiaries will see a 20 percent benefit increase starting with September checks, with Oct. 3 deposits reflecting the rise. Future increases will be tied to the cost of living. The contribution rate drops to 5.5 percent through 1985, while the taxable maximum rises to 12,000 in 1974 and 10,800 in 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Nixon
Itch Me Not Cure Ad Claims Quick Relief
An advertisement promotes ITCH ME NOT a topical antiseptic claiming to quiet itch in minutes. It promises germ killing action and faster healing for eczema insect bites poison ivy and other surface rashes with a money back guarantee.
Zoo Adds Two Zebra Bulks From Stamp Drive
Knoxville's zoo receives two new black and white zebras purchased with 2 500 books of trading stamps donated by local citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville, Tenn
Knoxville
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Kingsmen
Concordia College
Moorhead
Minn
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Morris
David Wigtis
Evangelism Department
American Lutheran Church
Minneapolis
HAM
Dimension Lumber
K.D. Hem
Wickes
Liberty
Swift Premium
Bologna
Doris
Floyd Schaible
Circle
Chuck
Swift
Meadow
Aan
Wey
Plainfield
Ill
B. C
National Geographic Society
Citgo Gas
Baker’s
Dwight, Ill
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