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Jim M, Mil l igan

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Joe Penne

C H R I S T M A S • ( 9 6 1

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Contents3 "PLAN AHEAD".

8 1/3 SIZE AMBASSADOR.

11 MUELLER PRODUCTS

. tells how ]VSSC is meeting needsof water users.

. . . .describes how small fire engineprevents, rather than fights, fires.

12 BLUE FLAME WHISPERS

13 GAS . . . THE MODERN HOME GENIE.

14 SERVICE CENTER IN SPOTLIGHT

18 STRICTLY OFF THE RECORD

19 MUELLER PRODUCTS

replaces the magicwand in our new kitchens.

.describes New Orleans'new service center.

Since 1857Quality Products for the

Waterworks and GasIndustries

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Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission's Motto:

"PLAN AHEAD"

All over our nation and through-out the world, water supply-—or thelack of it—has become a seriousconcern for many communities. Infact, some experts estimate that,in American towns of more than25.000 population, one in every fiveis deficient in water supply and twoof every five are deficient in treat-ment capacity.

The picture is brighter in theMaryland suburban area (adjacentto the District of Columbia), wherethe Washington Suburban SanitaryCommission has made a successful

and continuing effort to adequatelyprovide for the existing and futurewater supply needs of a boomingpopulation. The net result of WSSCforesight and hard work has beenthe production of an outstandingand most reliable distribution and1

treatment system in the nation."Plan Ahead" has been the Com-

mission policy ever since 1918 whenthe agency was created by theMaryland Legislature to providewater and sewer service to a 95-square-mile area with a populationof 30,000. It just happens that theWSSC was destined to serve the

developing areas of two of thenation's fastest growing communi-ties—Montgomery and Prince Geo-rge's Counties, Md.

Today, the Commission servesmore than 600,000 persons in a bi-county service area which has beengradually expanded over the yearsto 475 square miles. Populationguessers are now saying that theWSSC will probabaly be providingwater for 1.5 million by 1980 andmore than 2 million by the turn ofthe century.

One of the most importantdevelopments in the history of the

WSSC system occurred this yearwhen the $12.2 million first phaseof the Commission's huge PotomacRiver Water Supply Project wentinto operation. The new plant andmajor supply lines provide suburb-an Maryland with a new source ofwater and have boosted the WSSC'sfiltered water production capacityby 30 million gallons a day.

For some time, the Commission'smajor source of raw water has beenthe Patuxent River, which is im-pounded by two dams with a totalstorage capacity of 14 billion gal-lons. Raw water is pumped through

Rocky Gorge Dam and Reservoir is one of two Washing-ton Suburban Sanitary Commission impoundments on thePatuxent River, which has been an important source of

Suburban Maryland water for many years. The two im-poundments have a total raw water storage capacity ofabout 14 million gallons.

M U E L L E R R E C O R D

tf tei a force main from the Rocky GorgeReservoir to the Patuxent Filtra-tion Plant, where up to 65 milliongallons of water can be processed inone day.

The Patuxent Plant, the PotomacPlant and other water producingfacilities operated by the Commis-sion will give the WSSC a totalfiltered water production capacityof more than 110 million gallonsa day. Three additional 30-million-gallon units will be added to thePotomac Plant, as needed; so thatits ultimate capacity will be at least120 million gallons a day.

Thus, the WSSC expects to havea total production capacity of about

Native stone finish onmany of the PotomacPlant buildings (above)blends attractively withthe surrounding coun-tryside. The recentlycompleted PotomacRiver Filtration Plantis shown at the rightwhile the Patuxent Fil-tration Plant is shownbelow. The two plantshave a daily capacityof near 100 mi l l i ongallons.

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The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission is or-ganized into four departments—Engineering, Secretary,Financial and Legal. These department heads translatethe commission's policies and programs into effective

It takes about 1,800 miles of watermain to serve the 600,000 residentsin Montgomery and Prince GeorgeCounties.

200 million gallons a day by theyear 2000.

Commission water flows througha network of more than 1,800 miles(the approximate distance betweenWashington, D. C. and the MexicanBorder) of distribution lines tocarry water to more than 140,000separate connections for homes,apartments, business, schools andindustry.

Located along the system at stra-tegic points are 18 pumping sta-tions and 32 storage tanks, with atotal purified water storage capa-city of 82.7 million gallons. Thesefacilities, of course, are designed tomaintain proper water pressures inthe WSSC service area and providereserve storage to meet supplyneeds during periods of peak con-sumption.

The WSSC's water network in-cludes more than 20 miles of majorsupply lines being constructed inconnection with the Potomac RiverProject. One of these, a 48-inchpipe connecting the Potomac Plantwith the principal MontgomeryCounty Distribution Center atWheaton, Md., was completed lastyear and is in service. A 36-inchline, now under construction, willloop from the new plant into upper

action. Department heads are (left to right): Robert J.McLeod, Chief Engineer; John T. Bonifant, Secretary;James J. Lynch, Treasurer; and John B. Kenkel, GeneralCounsel.


Montgomery County to serve a highzone, which is growing rapidly asthe result of the location of AtomicEnergy Commission and U. S. Bur-eau of Standards Headquarters nearGaithersburg, Md.

Like the WSSC's sewerage sys-tem, the water supply facilities aremaintained on a round-the-clockbasis by radio-controlled, mobilecrews. Electronic equipment is usedto keep a constant, graphic eye onthe operation of every importantpoint in the system.

When the Commission startedoperating in 1918, daily water con-sumption in its service area aver-aged about 250,000 gallons. In re-cent years, daily average consump-tion has reached close to the 50-million mark and peak days ofmore than 84 million gallons havebeen recorded. In 1960 water de-livered to the WSSC system topped18 billion gallons, a 7.1 per centboost over 1959.

To meet this ever-increasing de-mand for service, the WSSC an-nually produces a Five-Year Pro-gram of major projects which willbe needed in coming years as popu-lation and per capita consumptioncontinue to rise.

Of course, expansion, reinforce-ment and maintenance of this sys-tem cost money; but the task hasbeen accomplished efficiently, effect-ively and economically.

GENERAL PLAN OFWATER SUPPLY SYSTEM

These six men are the members of the commission whichsets the policies and considers the programs to makeWSSC tick. They are (left to right): Morris V. Spied,James B. Bland, and Chairman Blair H. Smith, represen-

tatives of Prince George's County; and Vice ChairmanWillard A. Morris, William B. Wheeler, and William C.Austin, representatives of Montgomery County.

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Miami, Fla.

ll/s Size AmbassadorMiniature Fire Engine Travels

United States Promoting Safety

The switch to "compacts" in theautomotive industry seems to havespread to fire fighting equipment—at least in Miami, Fla.

Off duty firemen there built aone-third size model of a 100-footaerial ladder truck used by thedepartment, complete with reartiller steering, hydraulically raisedextension ladders, emergency gen-erator and power brakes.

The idea for the miniature am-bassador began as a method forpromoting fire safety and preven-tion and after 8,600 man-hours oflabor, donations, inventive genius,imagination and improvisation, thetruck was built.

When the firemen of Station #9demonstrated their scale model tothe school children of Miami area,it was such a hit with the young

people and adults that a tour forit was arranged.

The tour through 19 states cov-ered 7,800 miles and included stopsin 31 cities where an estimated350,000 persons viewed the modeltruck, displays, demonstrationsand fire-fighting equipment.

The 30-day trip for the fire en-gine went from Miami throughAlabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,Texas, New Mexico, Arizona andto Las Vegas, Nevada where it wasthe hit of the conference of theInternational Association of FireChiefs.

It returned through Arizona,New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas,Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,West Virginia, Virginia, North andSouth Carolina and Georgia.

The firemen of Miami's Station

Examining a miniature size model of a Mueller Improved FireHydrant are Capt. C. H. McGraw, Sr. of the Miami (Fla.) FireDepartment and Chief Byrd L. Davis of the Decatur Department.The small hydrant will travel with Ladder One-Third as part ofits equipment display.

#9 conceived the idea and beganwork with their own funds on NewYear's Eve of 1959 and completedthe job in time for the Second An-nual Pyroantics Show held Oct. 15,1960 as part of the Miami celebra-tion of Fire Prevention Week.

According to Fire Chief N. L.Wheeler the firemen were unableto complete the 23-foot-long appa-ratus with their own funds so thecity helped out financially, whilethe local merchants and manufac-turers helped them with equipmentand material.

The firemen also used $1,500 oftheir own money to buy tools withwhich to work. Miami Local *587of the International Association ofFire Fighters also contributed tothe entire project.

An example of the ingenuity ofof the builders is the system forthe aerial extension ladders. Thehydraulic pumps came from thelanding gear of a C-46 transportplane and the ring gear for theturntable is from a jet aircraftengine overhaul stand.

The eagle emblem on the ex-ship's bell is from an old sportstrophy.


Ladder One-Third, which took about 8,600 man-hours tocomplete, was patterned after Ladder Truck No. 1 andwas built to proportion from its two-way radio to its

portable generator.News Bureau.)

(Photo courtesy of Miami-Metro

Similar ingenuity went into thefabrication of many other parts,and often the men worked untiltwo or three o'clock in the morningto complete a particular part orsection. A part might be made ofdiscarded pieces from an airplane,boat or automobile or specially ma-chined or fabricated to keep the

truck proportionate in size inevery detail.

Ladder One-Third is 62 incheswide, 96 inches high and weighs7,360 pounds. The truck is poweredby a standard four-cylinder Jeepengine and travels from 20 to 25miles per hour.

During its tour Ladder One-

Third was carried from town totown on a semi-trailer truck. Whenthey came to a town where a dem-onstration was scheduled it wouldbe unloaded and driven from theCity limits.

The truck also carried the equip-ment for demonstrations and otherfire fighting apparatus. Included in

The little people were interested in the little truck, estimated 350,000 persons who saw the truck and itsbut the well-traveled ambassador's message relating displays during its 7,800 miles around the country.to fire prevention was important to every one of the

the display was a one-third sizeMueller Improved Fire Hydrantwhich was given to the firemenduring their stop in Decatur. Theminiature hydrant is a cut-awaymodel carried by Mueller Co. sales-men.

The model truck is as fullyequipped as its big brother withthe following:

Portable generator for deliver-ing up to 300 watts of electricityfor floodlights and spotlights.

Three fire extinguishers.Two-way radio on Miami Fire

Department frequency.Two axes and two pike axes.First aid kit.An aerial ladder that extends to

33% feet.One hundred feet of li/2-mch

hose. This can be hooked to anymunicipal fire hydrant, and usingthe pressure from the hydrant, canbe used to fight a fire.

All of the City of Miami De-partments and Divisions who wereasked to help were more thanwilling to contribute their time andtalents, Chief Wheeler said. TheChief, however, did single out Cap-tain C. H. McGraw, Sr., First ClassFiremen Charles A. Hawkins, JackW. McCollum, R. E. Clasby, E. J.Tomasch, Jr., George W. Hooper,H. W. Hughes, T. C. Adams andJ. B. L. Vickers, as those who ac-tually built the truck.

In the upper photo a Decatur fireman scratches his headin bewilderment as Ladder One-Third extends its aerialladder to its full 33'/i feet. In the lower photo Jack W.McCollum of Miami (left) and Chief Davis check over a

model of the Mueller hydrant which was presented to theMiami Department by Mueller Co.'s Vice President andGeneral Sales Manager Dan R. Gannon (center).

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Air Walls PlannedFor Fair Exhibit

The gas industry has moved astep closer to its spectacular sixmillion dollar exhibit for the 1964-65 New York World's Fair withthe approval of plans for its build-ing and completion of a detailedscale model.

One of the dramatic departuresfrom convention in the buildingis the use of air walls. This isachieved by shooting a stream ofair between ceiling and floor. Thiscontinuous flow of air will keep outbreezes, rain and insects and barelywill be felt by exhibit visitors.

A 200-seat restaurant in the gasbuilding will come close to beingan open-air cafe—but with none ofthe undesirable features whichusually accompany outdoor dining.The restaurant will provide a re-laxed, quiet atmosphere unusual ina public dining room. Sound willpass right through the air walls.

A small waterfall will ring thethree exterior walls of the restau-rant, falling into a pool dotted withfloating flowers. The fourth, or in-terior, wall of the restaurant willbe of glass. Behind it, and partiallyvisible to diners, will be a gasexhibit kitchen.

Another feature of the main ex-hibit area will be a four-minutepreview of the exhibits. From a110-foot ring rotating 10 feetabove the floor, the visitors cansee gas appliances and equipmentat a glance before taking a close-up look.

Among the displays will be the

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UNPRACTICAL USE, A THERM OFNATURAL GAS WILL RAISE THETEMPERATURE OF /OS GALLONSOF WATER FROM 6O TO I4ODEGREES F.

(§)/? IT WOULD OPERATEA &AS REFRIGERATORFOR 80 HOURS. sun. MIDNIGHT

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gas "weather-making" equipmentwhich will be actually in use keep-ing the building cool or warm de-spite outdoor temperatures and thefact that many of the walls will beof air.

In addition to the exhibit areaand restaurant, the 40,000 square-foot building will contain offices ofthe Gas Inc. staff and facilities forindustry executives and the press.

Arkla's PresidentCited by A.G.A.

M. R. Stephens, chairman ofthe board and president of Ar-kansas Louisiana Gas Co.,Little Rock, Ark., has beennamed the recipient of the gasindustry's highest honor, theDistinguished Service Awardof the American Gas Associa-tion.

Mr. Stephens was cited asthe industry's pioneer in theresurgence of gas air condi-tioning and gas lighting.

The Distinguished ServiceAward was established in 1929and is presented annually byA. G. A. to the individual "whohas recently made the mostoutstanding contribution to thegeneral interest of the gasindustry."

The 1961 Award winner hasbeen chairman of ArkansasLouisiana Gas since early 1957and president since early 1958.

Gas Clock To MarkHours With Flame

A gas clock which "strikes" thehours with bursts of flame will topthe gas industry's building at the1962 Seattle World's Fair.

The clock will be a tower risingfrom the center of the circularbuilding. From the tower will radi-ate 12 big spokes, representing thehours of the day.

Time will be indicated by thenumber of spokes which arelighted. The hours will be "struck"by bursts of flame from a centralcolumn rising higher than theother spokes.


"TH IS IS YOUR INDUSTRY" S E R I E S

THE MODERN HOMEGENIEME

Fairy tale heroines had God-mothers, gnomes or elves to helpthem keep house — and even catchthe prince.

Modern housewives, have a gentlegenie — natural gas — who can out-perform in a twinkle all the elves,dwarfs and pumpkin changers puttogether.

For instance, unlike Cinderella,housewives no longer spend hourspreparing the dinner "porridge."Today's genie cooks dinner, break-fast and lunch, with a minimum ofsupervision. He keeps perishablefoods fresh, heats the house in win-ter and cools it in summer, elmini-nates garbage and trash, provideshot water and dries clothes — allautomaticlly.

He does it without overflowingdrip-pans, baskets of damp clothes,buckets on the stove, garbage cans,coal shovels or fuel storage tanks.

Like the Godmother's wand, revo-lutionary gas appliances, throughwhich the genie performs his mir-acles of convenience, are bringinggreater leisure time for the "CastleBall."

The "burner with a brain" madeevery kitchen utensil an automaticappliance. An improved companionturns the oven on, attains the prop-er temperature, holds heat levelconstant, then shuts off at a pre-set time to provide perfect bakingand roasting.

Twin ovens, built-in at the mostconvenient height for the individ-ual, feature separate control andburner for broiler cooking. Amaz-ing new infra-red burners cut cook-ing time in half, reduce spatter toa minimum and seal in naturaljuices. An eight-pound roast can becooked to perfection in just 28minutes with infra-red heat.

The genie's tools are not as smallas the Godmother's wand. However,engineers and scientists have cre-ated space-saving combinations.

One new range performs all cook-ing functions and furnishes amplesupplies of hot water—without anincrease in present size. Anotherrange has a giant burner which canbe used simultaneously for roomheating, baking and surface cooking.

Thermostats which regulatewinter heat, now control summercooling. No adjustments, no manualdirection, no supervision is everrequired for perfect year - roundclimate control.

Heating, cooling and kitchenduties are less than half the genie'shousehold chores.

In home utility rooms, new gasclothes dryers operate unattended.They detect the amount of moistureremaining in the load and auto-matically shut off the dryer when adesired degree of dryness is at-tained. A new gas water heater canbe increased from 30 to 50-galloncapacity simply by turning a dial.

Among the most startling develop-ments soon to appear on the marketare gas appliances which generatetheir own electricity. They willoperate completely independent ofoutside sources of electricity — andmanual control.

Already, a gas wall heater usingthis unique principle produces itsown electricity to power a circu-lating fan.

Thus, the gentle genie of gas hasreplaced the magic wand and ismaking every housewife a fairytale princess.

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New Orleans, La.

Service Center in opotli

Gas Lighting

Upstaged Actors

I/i Early Days

This story is about new buildingsand facilities which were madenecessary because of steady gassystem growth in New Orleans inrecent years. To best understandthis need, a brief history of thegrowth of the gas system will berelated.

New Orleans was one of the firstcities in the United States to usegas largely through the efforts ofone man, James H. Caldwell. Thisindividual was an English actorwho opened his American theatrein New Orleans on January 1, 1824and being a born showman, whenthe first show was produced, he ad-vertised neither the play nor theplayers—but the premiere of gaslighting. Caldwell bought the equip-ment for making the coal gas fromEngland and also brought an ex-pert to operate his plant.

Five years after the opening ofthe theatre in 1829, Caldwell tried

to organize a company to bring thebenefits of this new type of illumi-nation to the city. Failing to attractinvestors to this new and untriedbusiness, Caldwell decided to go italone, and on February 19, 1834, hebroke ground for his new plant onMagnolia Street, one block awayfrom the present location of thenew Gas Service Center. On August6, 1834, Caldwell's plant first beganto make gas.

For the nearly two score yearswhich intervened, the New OrleansGas Light Company was an expand-ing business. In 1840, it boasted twoholders and 14 miles of main toserve about 3500 gas lights. By1845, it had five holders but it was

found necessary to begin a $150,000expansion program to keep pacewith the city's growth. By 1850,the production capacity of the planthad risen to 300,000 cubic feet perday, and a sixth holder was beingbuilt, with a capacity of 240,000cubic feet.

In 1861 came the Civil War, andin 1862 the city, a prime Union ob-jective, fell to the Federal fleet ofAdmiral Farragut and was occupiedby General Butler's men.

Even the black days of war andreconstruction failed to halt thegrowth of the gas business. In 1873a peak annual usage of 250 millioncubic feet was reached, as comparedwith 31.3 million cubic feet in 1846.

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The new New Orleans Gas ServiceCenter is located on the fringes ofthe business district where the two-story building1 is centrally located forgreater efficiency in its use as a stor-age and repair facility.

The flames in the gas-makingplant finally died on September 8,1928 after 94 years. But the plantwas not abandoned. Between 1933and 1935 all operating equipmentwas completely converted to themanufacture of high B. T. U. oilgas, and in 1937 and 1938 the pro-cess was further improved, increas-ing the capacity.

The growth and developmentwhich has characterized our GasDepartment since the advent ofnatural gas is very clearly reflectedin these brief statistics. The gasusage, including electric powerplant requirements, has grown from4 billion cubic feet in 1928 to 13 y2

billion by 1930, 19 billion in 1940,and approximately static at 39 bil-lion from 1950 through 1956. From1956 through 1960 the usage in-creased again from nearly 40 billionto nearly 51 billion.

With all of this system growthtaking place it is reasonable to as-sume that the need for allied facili-ties to make all of these changespossible would increase rapidly,also. For instance, as a result ofcontinued system growth, required

by new gas customers in New Or-leans, there was an increased de-mand for gas meter and regulatortesting, adjusting and repairing.This need naturally caused existingmeter repair shop facilities to be-come outmoded because of limitedspace and obsolescence of metertesting and repairing machinery.This same situation also causedshortcomings in other facilitiessuch as storerooms, miscellaneousrepair shops, and those conven-iences normally provided for thepersonal use of employees.

The most recent answer to thiscountinuing problem of growth inNew Orleans was provided by anew Gas Service Center Building,located conveniently on the fringesof the business district, boundedby Poydras, Magnolia, Perdido andClara Streets. Enlarged stores andrepair facilities are housed in anew two-story building which ispictured and shown in two accom-panying sketches, indicating thegeneral layout of the floors. To therear of the Service Center a groundfloor covered garage building wasalso provided.

But 1873 was the peak year ofthe use of gas in the old days.Financial troubles, brought on byunsound mergers forced by the"Carpetbaggery" of the times, be-set the gas company. Then electric-ity entered New Orleans in 1880.From its high of 250 million cubicfeet in 1873, gas production droppedto 200 million in 1901.

The growing city continued todemand a growing supply of gas,which was now being used for sev-eral residential and commercialpurposes By 1917 the system hadextended to 437 miles of main toserve 48,063 customers. That yearthe company sold 1.4 billion cubicfeet of gas.

On August 22, 1928, Public Serv-ice brought natural gas into thecity, bringing a new phase in thegrowth of the gas industry in NewOrleans The changeover of some300,000 appliances, owned by 70,000customers was done in the recordtime of 15 y2 days by some 300 menwithout interruption of service andwithout a single major accident!

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The radio repair shop, a part of the Measurement Section, is equipped withmany specialized instruments which are needed in the routine maintenanceand repair of electronic equipment.

This view of the underground storeroom shows facilities that have been pro-vided in order to store fittings and equipment in an orderly manner.

The Customer Service Section's fitting shop is well lighted, clean and orderly.There is ample space for the salvage and storage of fittings and for fabrica-tion of utilization pressure meter sets.

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After final spraying: a conveyor carries the newly paintedmeters into the storage area where they are kept instock. The conveyor runs between the spray room and the

storage area so that the meters aren't handled until theyare dry and ready for storage.

This is the largetin meter area ofthe MeasurementSection's meterrepair shop.

Repaired meters are loaded on the conveyor which takesthem through a degreasing- unit (center) to a paint booth(right) where they are sprayed. Each meter makes three

trips around the conveyor, the first two for coats of zincchromate iron oxide primer and the last for a coat ofaluminum.

The baby sardine saw its firstsubmarine, and went swimmingin terror to its mother. "Don'tbe frightened, darling," she re-assured him, "It's only a can ofpeople."

Two Americans were cast awayon a desert island in the middleof the Pacific for some threeyears. One day they stepped tothe shores of the island andstood gazing out onto the hor-izon. Suddenly, one spotted abottle being washed ashore. Heraced out into the surf andpulled it in. It was one of thosenew king-sized Coca-Cola bottles.He looked at it; then suddenly,a frightening realization crossedhis mind, "Joe," he shrieked,"we've shrunk!"

There are more importantthings in life than money—butthey won't go out with you ifyou're broke.

Two little flies were strollingalong the ceiling of a New Yorkpenthouse apartment. "Youknow," remarked the first littlefly, "human beings are so silly."

"People are silly?" replied thesecond fly. "How do you figurethat?"

The first little fly shruggedhis wings. "Just take a goodlook," he chirped. "They spendgood money building a nice highceiling, and then what do theydo, but walk on the floor."

Strictly

Two men were traveling on amotorcycle on a windy, winterday. When it became too breezyfor one, he stopped and put hisovercoat on backwards to keep

the wind from ballooning itaway from him. A few milesfarther on, the motorcycle hit atree, killing the driver andstunning the fellow with the re-versed coat. Later, when thecoroner visited the scene, heasked a rookie policeman stand-ing nearby: "What happened?""Well," the officer replied, "oneof them was dead when I gothere, and by the time I got thehead of the other one straight-ened around, he was dead, too."

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The gas utility industry, including natural gas pipelines, will spend a record

$1.9 billion for expansion of transmission, distribution and storage facilities

in 1961. Record outlays of $1.8 billion in I960 were 50 percent higher than

construction expenditures in 1950.

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