Word: steel
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hard-boiled area of steel mills and oil refineries with an abrasive ethnic mix, northern Lake County has not only been invaded by thrill seekers from shuttered Chicago; the crime syndicate, known locally as "the Outfit," has also found a cozy haven there. So cozy, in fact, says a local minister, that today Gary, with a population of only 178,000, has "every problem, vice and crime known...
Architecture has broken out of the glass-and-steel box that long held sway, and which itself represented a rebellion against older forms. A new skyscraper may be built in the shape of an obelisk, a new air terminal constructed on the principle of an Arab's silken tent, a new garage like a Pueblo chiefs dwelling. Among the most daring patrons of the new architecture are U.S. churches, Mrs. Porter Brown, general secretary of the Methodist Board of Missions, argued recently that cathedrals were symbolic of a static community, while today's churches should be "fellowship buildings...
...Princess, a muffled explosion was followed by billowing smoke from the engine room, where efforts to douse the flames proved useless. Under Thoresen's direction, crewmen calmly roused passengers from bed, outfitted them with life jackets and supervised their evacuation, women and children first. The ship's steel lifeboats, with a total capacity of 874, were lowered in minutes. While crewmen remained behind to search all cabins, nearby freighters picked up the passengers to transport them to the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo...
...still at it in the early afternoon, when he walked into the Olde Milford Inn and tossed off two jiggers of whisky and three glasses of beer. A little later, he got up from his bar stool, staggered a few steps and fell, fracturing his skull against a steel column. He died that night...
...Malaysia, and numerous other industries in the area. They are also surveying and likely to win some multimillion-dollar construction contracts in the Mekong River development project in Viet Nam, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. Throughout Southeast Asia, Japanese businessmen and local entrepreneurs have set up 35 joint companies, including steel mills, auto-assembly plants, transistor-radio factories and big iron, copper, bauxite and nickel mines...