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...what he wanted; he was concerned with the concrete strategies for action which would enable a goal to become a reality. Constantly evolving, never stagnating. Malcolm continually revised his outlook to accommodate existing conditions. The first of these changes was his conversion to the Black Muslim faith. While in Charleston prison serving a ten-year sentence for armed robbery, Malcolm became a devoted follower of Elijah Muhammed, the "messenger" of Allah. The intense racial pride of the Muslims, their strict moral code, and their tight discipline gave Malcolm a positive self-image. For the first time, he felt pride...
Another process, called pyrolysis, will be used in Denver, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Baltimore, Seattle and Charleston, W. Va. Refined by Monsanto, Union Carbide and other companies, the technique involves new, virtually oxygen-free furnaces to convert organic trash into oil or gas. In El Cajon, near San Diego, Occidental Petroleum's Garrett Research and Development Co. and the Environmental Protection Agency are jointly building a test pyrolytic plant that when completed in 1976 will have a capacity of 200 tons per day. For every ton of garbage that goes in, 1 bbl. of oil will come out, ready for sale...
...hillbilly," Miller says with an Appalachian twang, "and I'm proud of that." The son and grandson of miners, he was born in the town of Leewood (pop. 250), in the Cabin Creek region southeast of Charleston, W. Va. After finishing a ninth-grade education ("It was all they had"), he went down into the mines at 16. He eagerly enlisted in the Army in World War II and fought in North Africa, Sicily and the Normandy invasion, where his face was horribly disfigured by machine-gun fire. Miller spent two years in military hospitals, enduring 19 operations...
...people perceived. It was that way in the 1920s and the 1930s. Before many understood what had happened, the world moved grimly on and the rites of the jazz age became a mockery. There is a lot of that feeling right now. Jerry Ford is still doing the Charleston, and the music has stopped...
...Chavez's contracts left the workers defenseless. If anyone wanted to work he had to be in "good standing" with Cesar Chavez. As one Washington columnist wrote, "These glorious contracts reek of the docks--the docks of Charleston and New Orleans 120 years ago. Like slave traders and plantation owners, Chavez and the growers are buying and selling human beings...