Word: va
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...fact that some bacteria "eat" oil. Can this be applied to oil spills at sea? Though well-funded research projects are under way at such famous oceanographic centers as Rutgers University and Florida State University, the most promising results have come from a small, modestly financed firm in Springfield, Va. Going beyond most other researchers, Bioteknika International Inc. has produced a special microbe "cocktail" that seems to break oil down into carbon dioxide, water, sugars and proteins−all of which enhance marine life...
...been two years since the disaster at Consol No. 9 trapped 78 men in a trembling, burning tomb beneath Marion County, W. Va. Consol No. 9 was one of the worst tragedies in the history of an industry that has seen tens of thousands of tragedies, and for the families the end of it has not yet been reached. TIME Correspondent Arthur White visited the small communities near Farmington. where the wives, children and parents of Consol No. 9's victims -222 dependents in all-search to honor the dead. His report...
After decades of male domination, women's tennis was getting nowhere. That was the contention of ten of the world's top women players who staged the Virginia Slims Invitational in Richmond, Va., to open the first professional tennis tour ever organized exclusively for women. It was the first attempt to equalize the purses, publicity and playing conditions long enjoyed by the men players and long denied the women. "You've heard of Women's Lib," says one of the tour's promoters. "This is Women...
...circulating its list to federal agencies, notably the armed forces and the VA, which treat millions of patients, the FDA was certain at least to cut down sales of the proscribed items...
...did?to the extent of an Army captain named Clyde W. Jennings of Lynchburg, Va., a handbag salesman in civilian life. Arie Beall gave them a big bang-up wedding in Pine Bluff, and they settled down in New York City's Forest Hills, known Before Martha as the site of the national tennis championship matches. But Clyde was on the road a good deal, the marriage failed, and they were divorced after eleven years. Their one child, Jay, is now a 23-year-old second lieutenant in the Tank Corps...