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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...many coal-mining towns are pure-aired health resorts, but Carbondale, Pa., 15 miles northeast of Scranton, has a special problem. Deep under the streets of a good-sized part of the town (pop. 14,000), a stubborn fire has burned for 13 years, defying half measures to put it out. Fumes seep out of the ground, creep into homes and stores. The soil underfoot is always warm; grass stays green in the dead of winter; and roses bloom in December. Carbondale people do not enjoy these distinctions, and last week they were looking forward to getting rid of them...
...state and federal governments tried to put out the fire by drilling 500 bore holes and pumping floods of silt-bearing water down them. But the deep-down fire still burned. The fumes got so bad that mine officials kept watch round the clock to waken residents in case of a sudden increase of escaping gas. They knew that the Lackawanna River, toward which the fire was eating its way, would be no barrier. The fire could pass under its bed, and eat its way under the city's business section on the far side...
...biggest gainers was building. The Commerce Department estimated that new construction in July reached $5.2 billion, up 3% from June and 14% from July a year ago. Total work put in place in the first seven months of 1959 was $30.1 billion, 15% ahead of the same period last year. Outlays for new private building in July rose to $3.6 billion to push the seven-month total 16% ahead of a year ago. Biggest gains were in home building, which leveled in July at a seven-month rate 32% above last year. So great is the demand for funds...
With the thought that climbing an old-fashioned ramp to board a jet plane is like using a ladder to mount a race horse, American Airlines last week introduced the first true jet-age boarding system. At a cost of more than $100,000, it put into operation at San Francisco's International Airport a system of "jetwalks...
...bankruptcy. Unlike other auto chief executives, Churchill does not compete as a supersalesman or financial whiz. He came up as an oldtime, dirty-fingernail mechanic, who still loves to tinker under an open hood. Realizing that S.P. could not battle model-for-model against the Big Three, he put all his mechanical skill into a single car -the compact, chrome-clean, low-priced (from $1,925) Lark. The results: S.P. has produced 126,000 Lark '59s (v. 50,000 Studebakers of all kinds a year ago), lifted first-half sales to $210 million (v. $71 million), earned $12 million...