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Large-scale commercial installations are a long way off because they would require vast "farms" of expensive solar collectors. But solar energy, once explored only by smaller companies, now is attracting such big firms as PPG Industries, Lockheed, Westinghouse and Revere Copper & Brass. This week General Electric will show off its solar-heated Valley Forge, Pa., plant to the public; the system uses 5,000 sq. ft. of roof-borne solar collectors and is expected to save 12,000 gal. of fuel oil in an average heating season...
Last week Pittsburgh's PPG Industries said it would cut production at several glass plants and lay off nearly 1,200 employees. General Electric, Allied Chemical and General Tire also have announced slump-related layoffs...
John Clark, a 6 ft. 2 in. guard, leads Northeastern with a 21.0 ppg average. Paul Walsh, the other guard, and Jimmy Connors, a 6 ft. 7 in. junior center, both hit for an average 10 points a game while senior captain John Barros contributes an 11.3 point average...
...Eagles were however hampered by the loss of their second leading scorer Dave Walker (13.1 ppg.) who injured his ankle in Saturday's overtime win over Villanova and was forced to watch last night on crutches from the sidelines...
...supply materials to the tiremakers. For casings, most manufacturers have shifted away from conventional rayon to polyester. They have also adopted fiber glass for belting because of its light weight and great strength. The big beneficiaries have been the producers of fiber glass and polyester-notably Owens Corning and PPG Industries. To compete with them, Du Pont has recently come in with a superstrong synthetic called Fiber B, but at $2 a pound it is much costlier than fiber glass, which goes for 780 a pound...