Thermice Plant Nears Completion On Muscatine Island
Thermice Corporation prepares to begin the big squeeze on Muscatine island this month. Huge compressors will convert carbon dioxide from Monsanto's ammonium facilities into liquid CO2 for device production and later dry ice. Groundbreaking was April 1 for the plant on Shane Track north of Monsanto, with initial operations and 24 workers anticipated.
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Walter Russell
Muscaline Island
Thermice Corporation
Monsanto Company
Tew
al Shane
Publicker Industries, Inc
Philadelphia
Ade
Mississippi River
Monsanto
Spitc
Monsanto Co
Thermine
Muscatine
Ranger 7 Moon Pictures Prompt Space Ship Confidence
Historic Ranger 7 photographs from a 1,300 mile to 1,000 feet range reveal the moon’s surface is pocked with craters and a hard underlying layer. Scientists say dust may be only inches deep in places, easing landing worries while noting many small craters could hinder landings near large crater zones.
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Ralph Piguton
Associated Press
Pasadena
Calif
Rangec 7
Meath
William H. Pickering
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Tate
White House
Johns
Pickering
Ranger 7
Hirde Miles
Impeck
Jett Propulsion Laboratory
Kuiper
Copersnicus
Targes
Eugene Shoemaker
U. S. Geological Survey
Plage
Ariz
Flanger 7
Shoemaker
Pholos
Lovie
Construction Nears Completion of Thermice Corp Plant
Work advances on the 240 by 70 foot building to house Thermice Corp manufacturers of compressed carbon dioxide and dry ice. The view shows interior steel framework with exterior walls pending at the front and large storage tanks visible on the left.
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Tlictinice
Tme
Thermice Corp
Manufac
Worldwide praise for Ranger shot sparks global headlines
The Associated Press reports Ranger 7 photographs of the Moon drew worldwide praise. Russians note they captured lunar images five years earlier. British papers claim the U S leads in the space race, while many outlets welcome lunar astronomy progress without aligning to Cold War competition. Front pages in major capitals feature the images.
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America
United States
Soviet Union
United
States
Music From The Heart Children Sing At Home
A short reflection on young Wallace Lockard and Bradley Bower making music at home. The piece praises child music as joyful, imaginative, and carefree, noting Old MacDonald and Fiddle-De-Dee as favorites and welcoming a cowboy guitar moment from a five year old. It frames child songs as pure, temporary, and a prelude to adulthood.
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Bradley Bower
Clifford Bower
Orange St
Bradlay
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Helen Welershauser
Carnegie Hall
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Zybarth
Marvin
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