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...desert is beginning to bloom under U.S. irrigation engineers in places such as Wadi Caam, barren since the Roman aqueducts crumbled away. Last year the U.S. built 37 schools and equipped five teachers' training colleges (the nation has only 25 college graduates). In what may prove the greatest boon of all to the Libyan standard of living, after four years of probing the desert crust for oil, Esso Standard (Libya) last month drew an astonishing 17,500 bbl. a day in a test run of its first Zelten field well, hopefully spudded in Zelten...
...successful is Ray Garvey at the taxpayer's expense that even he sometimes has his doubts. "We operate under the program," he said last week. "We don't set it." He need not worry: the U.S. Congress, touting the farm subsidy program as a boon to the small farmer, still seems more than willing to go on making multimillionaires out of the Ray Hugh Garveys...
Married. Granville James Leveson Gower, 39, fifth Earl Granville and a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II; and Boon Aileen Plunket, 26, a granddaughter and heiress of the late Beer Tycoon (Guinness Stout) Ernest Guinness; in the Queen's Chapel, London...
...says that half the nation's dogs have kidney trouble caused by overeating, not of simple canine food but of rich people food not fit for a dog. In proof, Dr. Morris concocted special diets for Seeing Eye dogs, prolonged their lives as much as 30%, a boon to the blind, who no longer have to replace dogs as often. Dr. Morris' line of prescription foods now sustains almost 50,000 dogs, extends their lives as much as six years. Competitors have sprung up, all selling foods specifically designed for dogs suffering many afflictions of civilization. For overweight...
...establishment of the HSA could become a great boon for the Student Employment Office. Also, the corporation could benefit the bright student with a new profit-making idea. The HSA can provide credit to start a business, and will provide secretarial service for the new concessionaire. The Board of Directors can provide advice, and the Student Employment Office can refer other students as assistants...