Word: amarillo
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Dates: during 1971-1971
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...been forced to continue buying helium in the same quantities as were needed when it was a monopoly seller, though it has fewer customers to sell it to. Result: it has acquired a massive oversupply of the gas. The stockpile rests in a huge cavern twelve miles northwest of Amarillo, Texas. So far, 28.5 billion cubic feet of helium have been pumped into the natural storage area, and more goes in daily. In all, the Government spends about $48 million annually to buy the gas. Says John F. O'Leary, former Bureau of Mines director, who first brought...