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...China's ambitious Four Modernizations program, petroleum-based chemicals are a pivotal industry. Says Silin: "It leads into so many other areas of basic industry, like synthetic fibers, fertilizers, rubber and plastic." His basic finding: China has embarked on a promising effort to expand its petrochemical production dramatically so that it could eventually become a major manufacturer and exporter of synthetics and resins. By 1985, if all goes well, China's production of ethylene will quadruple from 455,000 metric tons a year to 1.9 million. Polyethylene output is expected to expand from its very low current levels...
Calvin's next two lectures will deal with his current research on the possibilities of extracting fuel from rubber plants that contain hydrocarbons...
DIED. Willard D. Voit, 69, Los Angeles rubber magnate who turned a struggling company into one of the world's leading manufacturers of inflatable balls; of lung cancer; in Newport Beach, Calif. Though it was Voit's father William who expanded his tire-retread operation into ball manufacturing in the 1920s, it was Willard, company president from 1946 to 1960, who promoted the rubber revolution in athletics. His argument that rubber balls cost less, last longer, retain their shape better and are more water-repellent than their leather counterparts won over U.S. football, soccer and basketball coaches...
...some cases, roulette wheels were rigged to improve the odds for gamblers working with crooked croupiers. A favorite method involved padding the canoes, the individual pockets into which the spinning ball falls. Rubber pads were fitted under five or six of the felt-lined pockets. The added height caused the ball to miss the padded canoes, thus weighing the odds heavily in favor of the barons. A similar effect was achieved by tampering with the ailettes, or partitions between the pockets...
...small but vocal opposition group demanded that the government end its 30 years of martial law and hold national elections to replace the aging members of the rubber stamp National Assembly, still dominated by the KMT. The government heeded the second demand--but only partially. It agreed to hold elections in December 1978 to fill 59 of the assembly's more than 1400 seats and allowed just two weeks for campaigning. Lu ran as an independent from her hometown of Taoyuan, an electronics center west of Taipei. During her short campaign, she advocated three rights for her fellow native Taiwanese...