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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Affluence has its price, of course. "The odor is terrible," complains Mrs. Jean Puckett, who has wells and burn-offs to either side of her one-acre lot. "It's just like leaving on a gas stove without lighting it." Lon Whaley, who has two of the natural gas burn-offs lighting up his front yard like the county fairgrounds, has difficulty getting to sleep at night. And Noah Blevins worries about the landscape: "It 'bout made me sick to see them drillin' and tearin' up what I spent all my life buildin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oil: The Luck of Roaring Oneida | 11/30/1970 | See Source »

...single unleased acre left in Scott and three neighboring counties. Though no resident has yet become a millionaire, some are getting pretty close. Blevins, for example, expects to gross nearly $200,000 a year in royalties-close to his total earnings for all of his 55 years. Lon Whaley expects to do even better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oil: The Luck of Roaring Oneida | 11/30/1970 | See Source »

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