Word: ores
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Portland, Ore...
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. (pop. 360,150), most concentrated heavy-industry city in Deep South, steel mills, iron foundries, etc., set up 1871 in midst of Jones Valley iron ore, coal, limestone; now centers around Tennessee Coal & Iron Division of U.S. Steel Corp. with 25,000 employees, also diversifies into 720 firms, e.g., Hayes Aircraft Corp., which turn out 3,250 products. Ample cheap labor force: rural white in-migrants, Negroes. Negro population: 38.9%, with rising living standards, though only 21.1% of Negro families make upwards of $4,000 a year against 77.2% of whites. Tourist attraction: Vulcan, 55-ft. monument...
...Rock, Ark. 56 Gaed, Anton '61 C 6.4 212 Charlotte, N. C. 59 Pyle, Michael '61 C 6.3 217 Winnetka, Ill. 60 West, William '59 G 6.2 205 Shaker Hgts., Ohio 61 Davenport, Raleigh '60 G 5.9 182 Newport News, Va. 62 Balme, Benjamin '61 G 6.2 199 Portland, Ore. 64 Moss, Sanford '61 G 5.10 180 Morton, Pa. 65 Mallano, Robert '60 G 6.0 206 Los Angeles, Calif. 66 Lynch, Paul '59 G 6.2 210 Brookline, Mass. 67 Wellemeyer, John '59 G 5.11 182 Skillman, N. J. 68 Porvaznik, Paul '61 G 6.0 205 Duquesne, Pa. 69 Wall, Donald...
...Iron Ore-247 million tons, a 179% increase...
...Yangtse, where there is opencast mining, I saw 220 peasants hacking iron ore out of an open hillside and breaking it to pieces with hammers. Another 460 were busy constructing a dozen primitive blast furnaces and preparing a steelworks as well. 'Next year we shall make our own farm machinery,' I was told, 'buying the engine but doing the rest ourselves.' In Honan ... I saw 170 peasants busily making primitive agricultural implements-including handmade ball bearings for the wheels of their carts...