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...implications of the theory of general relativity is that when giant stars exhaust their nuclear fuel, they collapse so suddenly under their own tremendous gravity that their remnants are compressed into a sphere only about two miles or so across and weighing trillions of tons per cu. in. The gravitational field of the sphere is so intense that no light can escape from it-thus the name "black hole...
...Odessa project will start next fall. Every day, 250 tons of garbage, 20 cu. yds. of sludge, and up to 500,000 gal. of sewage water will be sent to a 640-acre plot that one rancher has donated to the experiment. Other landowners are anxious to follow suit. Indeed, says Jack Dillard, director of Odessa's utilities department, "we may have some fights over people wanting to have city garbage dumped on their land-a new kind of range...
...first two oilfields in the sea did not begin producing until last year. At least four more fields are scheduled to begin pumping by the end of 1974. Total deposits under the chill waters are estimated to be 12 billion bbl. of oil and 50 trillion cu. ft. of gas. That is rather small by Middle Eastern standards-the oil reserves would supply only two years of Mideast production-but large by almost any others. For example, the North Sea deposits probably exceed the 10 billion bbl. of oil estimated to lie under Alaska's North Slope...
Cadillac Eldorado (500-cu.-in. engine, automatic transmission), 8.1 m.p.g...
Ferrari 365 GTB (268-cu.-in. engine, manual transmission), 6.3 m.p.g., the worst figure...