Gas Industry Marks 150th Birthday Milestone
The American gas industry celebrated 150 years since its Baltimore origin in 1816. It has grown into the nation’s sixth largest energy sector, reaching 37.4 million customers served by 1,400 utilities as pipelines exceed 765,400 miles and growth continues toward one million miles by 1975.
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United States
Baltimore
Rembrandt Peale
Maryland
Fredonia Gas Light and Water Works Company
New York
Manney Leaves Borger for Waco Teaching Post
Dr. Darrell Maney a 23 year Borger school veteran resigns as administrative assistant to join the Waco school system as government and economics instructor. He is succeeded by Gene Baird a 32 year old former Borger counselor now with Dumas schools.
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Darrell Maney
Borger
Waco
Vinson
Old Shinnery School
Collingsworth
Gene Baird
1 Dumas
Gas Infrared Heaters and Fuel Cells Drive Home and Industrial Energy
The article highlights gas infrared heaters for warehouses churches and hard to heat facilities and notes on site energy systems. It discusses home use for gas range broilers outdoor grills and indoor outdoor heaters and mentions gas fueled cells still in labs that could let homeowners generate electricity.
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Lone Star Gas Company
Texas Leads Nation in Industrial Plant Tours
The Texas Highway Department reports a federal publication showing Texas offers 410 plant tours in 91 cities, more than any other state. California trails with fewer tours. The booklet also covers tours in 49 states, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, and is priced at 50 cents from the Superintendent of Documents.
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Austin
Texas Highway Department
Texas
U.S. Travel Service
Travel & Information Division
Highway Department
American Samoa
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
California
United States
Washington, D.C
Sesame Research Under Way at High Plains
Sesame research proceeds at the High Plains Research Foundation in Half Way Texas. Dr. Earl H. Collister notes the project aims to diversify crops by developing a high yielding non shattering sesame variety suitable for grain combine harvest. Sesame seed yields quality oil and meal rich in protein for human foods poultry and livestock with vitamins and minerals essential to nutrition.
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High Plains Research Foundation
Earl H. Collister
Texas
Texas Travel Literature Free On Request From Highway Dept
The department offers a free traveling literature packet including the Texas Industrial Tours. Requests should be sent to the Texas Highway Department Travel Information Division P O Box 5064 Austin Texas 78703.
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Ate
Highway Department
Texas
Texas Highway Department
Travel & Information Division
P.O. Box
Austin
Sesame seeds and experimental strains used in wide range of products
Sesame oils aid paints cosmetics and pharmaceuticals while seeds shine in bakery treats snacks and candies. Five hundred experimental strains are tested in the High Plains project from Foundation and international scientists. some strains were irrigated at Oak Ridge Atomic Energy Laboratory Tennessee.
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High Plains
Foundation
Atomic Energy Laboratory
Oakridge
Tenn
Squirrel Mystery Sparks Texas Study
Fairfield report notes 50 to 75 percent spring drop in squirrels. biologist Walt Daniels investigates causes not tied to fall hunting or migration. He considers unusual factors but finds no clear source for population decline.
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Fairfield
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Walt Daniels
Research on Squirrel Habits Aids Freestone County Study
In June 1962 a research job began in Freestone County on four 12.9 acre plots to study squirrel habitat predation predator control and competition for food. The project will take time to yield answers on seasonal movements and degree of predation.
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Freestone
Daniels
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Cleveland
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Thomas Nursing Home
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Collingsworth County
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