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...would look blue, and cake mixes would have a lemony-green tinge. The substance is Red Dye No. 2, which has been used for decades to brighten up innumerable products, including frankfurter casings, pet foods, ice cream, gravies, makeup and myriad red pills. About 1 million pounds of the coal-tar-based stuff-a $5 million industry in itself-have ended up annually in more than $10 billion worth of foods, drugs and cosmetics...
...year ago, West Germany's Volkswagenwerk AG was fast running out of gas. In 1974 it had lost a staggering $313 million-more than any of the world's business organizations except Britain's government-owned National Coal Board (1974 loss: $316 million). There were widespread fears that world recession would compound the troubles enough to force a government takeover. Today VW is on the road back to prosperity. It will still report a loss-perhaps $100 million to $150 million-for 1975, but almost all of that was suffered in the first half. Managing Director Toni...
Ford termed Manne's $300 billion dollar figure as "unbelievable" and pointed out that "nuclear power plants cost 50 per cent more to build than coal power plants," and that "power companies have been lobbying for federal assistance to build nuclear plants...
Stauffer said that most of the problems of nuclear reactors--radioactive waste and leakage--have been solved and that the only other alternative is coal. He ruled out the exotic fuels, such as solar energy, tidal energy, and "burning water hyacinths," as being insignificant...
...part of the frozen frivolities of the winter carnival in St. Paul, respectable citizens traditionally dress up in red devil costumes, smear their faces with coal-black grease paint and ride around town on a fire engine. The revelers, collectively known as "Vulcanus Rex and his Krewe," then swarm into offices and stores, firing blank cartridges from pistols and grabbing every woman in sight for a smudgy kiss...