THE CHEMICAL WORLD THIS WEEK •=T
• S t a t e legislative activity affecting the chemi cal industry was widespread in 1954, with pollu tion, fluoridation, licensing, and labeling seeing much of the action. Page 5102.
• A course in radioisotope techniques is being offered to foreign scientists as part of the atoms for peace proposal. Page 5119.
• SOCMA s e e s 1955 a s an active· year for leg islation for the industry in the matter of trade a n d tariffs. Page 5104.
supported universities and colleges will b e aided by $450,000 from Standard Οίΐ"(Ν. J.) as com pany looks into means of contributing to higher education. Page 5119.
• U n d e r g r a d u a t e education in 138
• A r e t i r e m e n t plan w i t h a large
proportion
of equities in an investment portfolio—and so based on purchasing power of trie dollar—has been set up by Carnegie Institution. Page 5104. • Sharpies will carry on process demonstra tion, research, and economic studies on a com mercial scale in its new 60,000-ponnd-per-day vegetable oil refinery- in Philadelphia ? age 5106. • Effects of minute concentrations of materials will b e an important part of the chemistry of the future, says Paul D. Foote, 1954 Pittsburgh Award winner. Page 5110. • Simpler in design, c h e a p e r in c o s t , easier to own a n d operate because of revision of the Atomic Energy Act—these factors are making nuclear reactors increasingly useful as research instruments. Page 5112. • Brush c o n t r o l sprays may aid wildlife, not
harm it, according to a study at Pennsylvania State University. Page 5115. • Sale of government rubber ρ leant-s l e a d s off with "package" deals. Three plants go to Shell Chemical, including the much sought after sty rène p l a n t in Los Angeles. Page 3116. • The
new
10-year d r a f t
and
reserve plan
will probably place chemists and engineers in t h e selective reserve if they are working on an essential civilian job. Page 5111.
privately
• New AlChE officers include Yale's B. F. Dodge as president, Carbide's A. K. Doolittle as vice president, and University of Michigan's George G. Brown as treasurer. Page 5122. • Chemical prices, tending higher in fourth quarter because of higher plant costs, should continue higher into 1955. Page 5126. • l&EC's Christmas Symposium on Pulsatory and Vibrational Phenomena will b e held in Cin cinnati, Jan. 7 and 8. Page 5154. • The National Colloid Symposium to b e held in Houston, June 20 to 22. Deadline for papers is Jan. 15. Page 5154. • Detour around the language b a r r i e r is how
Consultants Bureau sees its rate translations of Russian Subscriptions now go to 17 passed the 10-million-word
inexpensive, accu chemical journals. countries and h a v e mark. Page 5158.
• Conversion of chemical scrap to useful in dustrial chemicals is the job of a small b u t ener getic industry whose growth has paralleled t h a t of the chemical industry itself. Page 5160. ^Record safety year is predicted by Bureau of Labor Statistics. Most segments of the chemi cal industry followed this trend in the first nine months of 1954. Page 5163. • Western
Machinery's
centrifugal
pump.
• Edward U. Condon resigns from C o m i n g Glass, abandoning his fight for security clearance No. 5. Page 5117.
available in 2- to 8-inch discharge pipe sizes, is applicable to a wide variety of solid materials in food and mining industries. Page 5164.
• Soviet research in converting solar energy
• Aerosol industry will g r o w more than 2 6 % in 1955. Biggest distribution is in drugstores, while service stations represent a big untapped potential. ΏPage 5168. ^^°
is reported a t the U N E S C O symposium o n Solar Energy and Wind Power. Page S118. • First W h i t e House Conference on Education
will m e e t in late 1955, following state conferences which will make recornmcadations for solving U. S. educational problems. Page 5119. VOLUME
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• Business a c t i v i t y may be slightly higher in
1955, although defense spending and business investment may be down. Page 5170. 5095-
