Word: interiorization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...United States. In June, 1954, Ngo Dinh Diem became the de facto chief of state, possessing dictatorial powers. Diem had been in France during the later years of the war, and owed his appointment to his influence with Bao Dai, under whose regime he served as Minister of the Interior...
...noted that many thousands of the 28 million acres now used by the armed services would soon become surplus, and "much of the land has great potential for outdoor recreation, wildlife and conservation uses," to which end he had asked for an inventory from the Secretaries of Defense and Interior...
...price an auto wrecker gets for his scrap has fallen to around $10 a car, with the result that many wreckers have allowed car carcasses to pile up, in hopes of a rise in the market. One hopeful cure for this national eyesore was proposed this month by Interior Secretary Stewart L. Udall, who announced that the Bureau of Mines has developed a new process that uses scrapped autos to upgrade nonmagnetic iron ore and make it suitable for steelmaking...
...carbon monoxide except to stay out of heavy traffic. Greater Los Angeles has almost no transportation except private cars. "No filters work against carbon monoxide," says Haagen-Smit, "and closing the windows may be dangerous." He reports that in one tightly closed test car with a faulty exhaust, the interior carbon monoxide jumped to 200 p.p.m. He hopes a little improvement will come next fall from new cars equipped with devices to reduce carbon monoxide in their exhausts...
...suggested, instead, that the Department of the Interior should contract with interested firms specifically to research methods of mining and processing. The process could then be made available on general license and, with the costs known, the government could ascertain the value of the land for the purpose of leasing...