Word: forli
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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But cottonseed producers were happy. Southern Congressmen had pressured CCC to buy the seed from farmers at a support price of $46.50 a ton, higher than the local open-market price of $45 and under. Producers were, of course, the only ones happy. Processors, who turn the seed into cottonseed...
As usual, the U.S. consumer would probably have to shell out twice. He was already paying for the support price; by next spring he might be paying again in higher prices for steak.
¶ In Gallipolis, Ohio, a Santa hired by local retailers parachuted for the town square, landed in the icy Ohio River.
Experiments in Colorado date back to 1926. They were abandoned in 1929 as unnecessary when new petroleum reserves started coming in, were revived during the wartime oil shortage. At that time Congress appropriated $30 million for large-scale research in synthetic fuel. It seemed a good gamble; geologists estimate that...
The process now used at Rifle is simple. The shale is blasted from the surrounding cliffs, run through a rock crusher, burned in retorts; the gases given off in this process are distilled into oil ready for the refinery.