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...Britain's Iraq Petroleum pipeline, running from Iraq to the Mediterranean, has been blown up in so many places in Syria that its 500,000-bbl. daily flow has been completely shut off. If and when Britain resumes diplomatic relations with Syria, Britain may be able to pump oil at 40% capacity by using stations in Iraq; restoring the line to full capacity may take six months or longer...
When Boatswain Wookey was lowered into the water, he was breathing ordinary air, but when he reached 40 ft., the pump began supplying a mixture of oxygen (8.5 parts) and helium (91.5 parts). Going down was comparatively easy. In spite of the 273 Ibs. of pressure on every square inch of his body (39,312 Ibs. per sq. ft.), he felt fine. "I felt no more effect from the helium," he says, "than I would from nitrogen at shallow depth. My mind was clear. I did the job I was sent down to do." His token job, to prove that...
...businesslike air. His days were an 18-hour succession of Republican breakfasts, Kiwanis Club luncheons, women's teas, greetings on Main Street, conversations in corn fields and gasoline-station stops. The gas stations were important. There he would shake hands with the man at the pump, greet the mechanic, stride into the diner for a word with the fry cook and a cup of coffee with the customers. The Iowa traveler was Leo Hoegh (pronounced hoig), and he was engaged in one of the most complex processes in American politics: running for governor...
...Half-crazy she lies on her bed, her great cat-eyes wide muttering like Tieresias. But, in the end, since no one else can do it, she unearths a revolver from behind her bed, and, tough as Bronko Nagurski, she appears at the head of the stairs to pump most of her dozen shots into the murderer. Next to Ethel Barrymore, the most attractive character is Charlton the bulldog who lazes by the fire, goes out courting the neighbor's dog, and attacks the constable...
...Student Council last night voted to pump $350 worth of new life into its "Rides Service," again withheld endorsement from the "Flying Tigers' Flights to Europe" group, and quashed a proposal to increase the size of the Council by four members...