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...panhandle, all five locomotives hurtled off the track, piling up 47 cars like jackstraws. From one ruptured tanker poured a cloud of deadly, yellowish-green chlorine gas. Engineer Ray Shores grabbed his portable short-wave radio and sprinted 75 yds. to a swamp, where he burrowed deep into the mud and called for help...
...huts in Luhanga are made of mud and thatch, the roads are no more than dusty alleys. A village of about 2,500 inhabitants, Luhanga is an archetypical example of how President Julius Nyerere intends to build a Tanzanian socialism based on Africa's traditional extended family...
...their asses most of their lives," coped gracefully with primitive life. Building the communal hut took more than two months. Using ancient tools, the group chopped wood for 72 rafters, fashioned a conical thatched roof and sides out of wattle (interwoven hazel branches) and daub (mud and animal hair). Making a loaf of bread the Celtic way took nearly a day. Fashioning clay storage pots took longer, and the early pottery tended to crack over the fire-until the novices got the hang of their craft. Says Helen Elphick: "We were all very frustrated...
...drilling will give a hypodermic to some ailing economic areas. Pipe, drilling mud and other necessities are being shipped to Davisville, R.I., which will serve as a supply station. The oil companies plan to quarter their drilling crews in Atlantic City. There will be about 50 men to a rig, each earning $700 to $800 a week, and their spending power will create new jobs in hotels, restaurants and stores. "It will be a tremendous advantage for the Atlantic City area," says Louis Dalberth, head of the Southern New Jersey Development Council. "Super," echoes Delaware Governor Pierre du Pont...
...taken hold, people have been left sorting through their damaged furniture and the ruined momentos of their lives. For the immediate future, at least, the residents of Hull have resigned themselves to a bleaker life, for a return to normalcy--let alone advancement--has washed away with the mud and salt water...