History of Gas From Ancient China to Modern Pipelines
The article traces gas use from ancient China via bamboo pipelines for brine evaporation to modern American networks. It notes early fears, the term gas from geist and gast, Genoa lighting in 1802, the first gas well in Fredonia, Bunsen's burner, progressive pipe and welding advances, and today over 400000 miles of pipelines supplying homes and industry.
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Fredonia
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Titusville
Texas
Chicago
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America
Air Force Academy construction funds noted in 1955 budget
Congress appropriated 315.3 million for Air Force academy construction for fiscal 1955 ending June 30. About 4 million for land, planning and design plus 9 million in preliminary contracts expected this year. Bids to be received for airfield grading and related work, with June 1 bids for drainage and grading of site sections.
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Air Force Academy
Cadet Classes Planned at Lowry Air Force Base
Radio timetable notes from The Herald American outline morning programming and a July 1 start for the interim academy at Lowry AFB east of Denver. It mentions three cadet classes and an initial enrollment of about 3001 cadets in 1957-era plans.
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Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Baby smugglers reveal the baby market across borders
An informant describes smuggling babies from Montreal to the United States and through Windsor Detroit and New York. He explains payments each step costs, how he evades authorities, and how organizers arrange transfers via buses trains and hotels. He notes a thriving Montreal market with prices from two thousand five hundred to four thousand dollars and the role of leg men who direct expectant mothers to adoptive families.
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U. S
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Cadillac Square
New York City
Aten
New York
Lansing
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Hamtramck
Io New York
Theevening
Niagara Falls
Niagara
New Hampshire
Vancouver
Sarah
Kentucky
O-Bomb fears rise as population swells worldwide
A study warns population growth could outpace resources, driven by lower death rates due to better healthcare and vaccines. Experts compare it to a global O-bomb causing vast demographic expansion, with examples from Japan, Egypt, and Puerto Rico. The U.S. faces material and economic pressures as nations industrialize.
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Ceylon
Puerto Rico
Egypt
United States
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