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Educational Exchange. Opportunities for more than 1,000 Americans to undertake graduate study, teaching, or research abroad have been announced by the State Department. An equal number of foreign nationals will also be allowed to come to the United States under the provisions of the Fulbright Act. Applications for the academic year 1951—52 must be received by Oct. 15. Customs Handbook. The Treasury Department's newest publication, "Customs Information for Exporters to the United States," sets forth in layman's language the chief requirements for the entry of merchandise into the United States. Copies of the 93-page booklet are available from the Government Printing Office at 25 cents per copy.
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Water Resources. The Presiden' · Water Resources Policy Commission will hold area conferences at the University of California, June 23 and 24; Denver, June 27 and 28; Fayetteville, Ark., June 30 and July 1; Cleveland, July 24; Springfield, Mass., July 25; and Atlanta, July 31. Other meetings were scheduled at Sioux City, June 12 and 13, and Spokane, June 16 and 17.
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We'd like t o examine the possibilities of profitable use of our S 0 2 in your operations. Quite likely we'll come u p with some a p p l i c a t i o n of t h i s v e r s a t i l e chemical t h a t will p u t new pep into your product or processes . . . and into your balance sheet! Send for the "Virginia" SO z folder.
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Tariff Information. Various products which are not subject to import-excise taxes are listed in the recently issued Volume 16 of the Tariff Commission series, "Summaries of Tariff Information." This volume consists of five parts, available from the Government Printing Office at a price of $1.25 each. The commodity index to this volume is in preparation. The previous 15 volumes, which list the items subject to duty or import-excise taxes, are available at a total cost of $15.85. NO.
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Magnesium is fine for flares. I t is also an ideal metal for building aircraft and for machine parts, where light weight is essential. To form these, molten magnesium m u s t be die-cast into intricate forms and heat treated under conditions which make it highly combustible. During the war, "Virginia'* engineered a m e t h o d of preventing t h e magnesium from igniting during this ticklish process. ''Virginia" Liquid Sulfur Dioxide (S0 2 ) was injected into t h e molds and i n t o the magnesium furnaces a s a reducing agent. Costly fires were prevented. For 29 years, ' 'Virginia'' has researched a n d developed special a p plications for its S 0 2 in over 40 different i n d u s t r i e s . I t s v a r i e d properties are used as a reducing, neutralizing, and bleaching agent, preservative, antichlor, and p H control. " V i r g i n i a ' s " technical knowledge a n d its unparalleled plant a n d storage facilities m a k e it t h e world's outstanding m a n u facturer of S 0 2 .
Bar Silver. The Irvington Smelting and Refining Works, Irvington, N. J., has agreed to furnish the Navy with 120,000 Troy ounces of bar silver at a cost of S87',504.
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AEC Activities. Managers of the seven major Atomic Energy Commission installations recently held a two-day meeting at New York City. The subjects discussed at the closed meeting included AEC's security program and contract relations between AEC and its major contractors. ECA and Point Four. The President has signed the $3.1 billion foreign economic aid bill. It authorizes $2.9 billion to finance the third year of the European Recovery Program, $35 million to start the Point Four plan, $194 million for aid to Korea, China, and Southeast Asia, $27.5 million to assist Arab refugees from Palestine, and $15 million for the United Mations child welfare program. Congress has yet to appropriate the funds to carry out the program.
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