Word: hydrocarbons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Grey Market. Polyethylene was developed in 1933 by chemists of Britain's Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd. They found that ethylene. a hydrocarbon gas, turned into a white, waxlike solid when subjected to high pressures. I.C.I, licensed Du Pont to produce it. But Union Carbide, working independently, devised its own method of making poly, though it pays I.C.I, a royalty fee just the same. Today Bakelite's output totals about 70 million Ibs. a year; Du Pont, the only other commercial U.S. producer, accounts for an estimated 55 million Ibs., and is also expanding...
Then the rug was pulled out from under Glamorene, and the Digest got a bad scare. In San Francisco, a Pan American World Airways serviceman died after cleaning a plane's rug, and the coroner's jury reported that the victim had died from inhaling "halogenated hydrocarbon" from trichloroethylene, one of Glamorene's components. Professional rug cleaners gleefully took ads reproducing news stories about the San Francisco case and urging homeowners to avoid mishap by having experts clean their rugs. The health department banned Glamorene sales in San Francisco...
When the bewigged House clerk intoned: "First resolution: hydrocarbon oils (rate of customs duty and rebate)," the Tories, who did not recognize this as a reference to the gasoline tax, were caught napping. The Speaker put the resolution to a voice vote, and the Laborites responded with a loud "aye." The Tories remained silent. "I think the ayes have it," said the Speaker. A roar of triumphant laughter burst from the Laborite benches. But the Laborites laughed too soon. Winston Churchill sat up sharply and whispered to Tory Whip Patrick Buchan-Hepburn. When the Speaker repeated the question Churchill...