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VOLUME 33 . NUMBER 35 AUGUST 29 . 1955

C O N T E N T S

Chemical Industry for Upper Midwest? 3560

American Chemical Society Officers, Committees, and Chapters o f Student

Aff i l iates

Trends i n Chemical Marketing W. M . Russell

A C S N e w s 3608 G o v e r n m e n t

A s s o c i a t i o n s 3612

Books 3613

Business 3626

C a n a d i a n C h e m i s t r y 3589

I n d u s t r i a l L i t e r a t u r e

I n d u s t r y

I n t e r n a t i o n a l . . . .

L e t t e r s

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C h e m i c a l s 3616

C o n c e n t r a t e s 3553

C o n t a i n e r s 3614

E d i t o r i a l 3559

E d u c a t i o n 3590

M a r k e t s . .

N e c r o l o g y .

News -Sc r i p t s

P e o p l e . .

Research

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F inance 3628 T e c h n o l o g y

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Edi to r : WALTER J. M U R P H Y

Execut ive Editor: James M. Crowe

M a n a g i n g Editor: Robert F. Gould

P r o d u c t i o n M a n a g e r : Joseph H. Kuney

Associate Editors:

W A S H I N G T O N , Robert G. Gibbs, Edward J . Reardon

C H I C A G O , Rodney N . Hader H O U S T O N , Harry W. Haines, Jr. NEW Y O R K , Har ry Stenerson, G o r d o n

C. Inskeep, Howard J. Sanders SAN FRANCISCO, Gordon H . Bixler EASTOINT, Bertha Reynolds. Charlotte C.

Sayre E U R O P E A N OFFICE, William Q. Hul l

A s s i s t a n t E d i t o r s : Kathryn Campbell, David M. Kiefer, Albert S. Hester, Kentietii M. Reese, Walter S. Fedor, Chester Placets:, William L. Ostrowski , Bruce F. G r e e k

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Advisory Board: R. H . Boundy, A C Byrns, J . T. Cox, Jr., F . J . Curtis. Farrin^-ton Daniels, R. L. Ericsson, W . C. Perr-nelius, H. L. Fisher, G . E. Huber t , J. R.. Hoover , J. W a r r e n Kinsman, C. E. Lyon, H. F. Mark, E. G. Rochow, L. T . Work

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THE CHEMICAL WORLD

• "An unqualified success" is Editor Murphy's view of the Atoms-for-Peace Conference. In con­trast to another Geneva meeting, it was a free and easy get-together. Page 3559.

• Prospects fo r α chemical industry in the Upper Midwest are bright; petroleum and lignite coal are big factors. Page 3560.

• This is the house that ADL built: laboratory, library, cafeteria, stock room, machine shop, of­fices, space for special facilities. Cost: $12 per square foot. Page 3564.

• More silicones ore on the w a y from a $14 million plant Linde Air is building at Long Reach, W. Va. Page 3566.

• Carbide's decision to build a skyscraper on Park Avenue—rather than centralize in West­chester County—signals the end of corporate "rustication." Page 3568.

• Still more new steroids have been found— these from Squibb are a series of dehydro-9a-halocortisone and hydrocortisone analogs with high potency, low side effects. Page 3572.

• Cyanamid confirms β-ACTH structure, finds that 15 acids may be removed without loss of physiological activity. Page 3572.

• Atomic shelters or chicken coops—both are possible with bricks made of rice hull ashes. They may be the answer to what to do with 90,000 tons of hulls a year. Page 3579.

• New reserve law has a loophole which would empower the armed services to release 150,000 men a year before their enlistments or induction periods are completed. Page 3580.

• Latest on the Congressional probe front: What are social and economic implications of automatic and electronic processes? Page 3580.

• Four Americans are on IUPAC bureau—W. Albert Noyes, Jr., Isaac M. Kolthoff, Edward Wichers, and J. Murray Luck. Noyes is first American to be elected to the executive commit­tee of IUPAC. Page 3584.

• Canada's five-year plan for atomic energy calls for outlay of $124 million. NRU reactor will be completed, experimental atomic power

THIS WEEK

station will b e bixilt, 100,000-kw. electric power station will be developed. Page 3589.

• A short course in uranium prospecting was what St. Mary's University planned. What it got was a landslide of amateurs that necessitated TV programs and booklets. Page 3590.

• List of ACS officers, committees and chapters of students affiliates shows numerous changes since last report in February. Page 3591.

• Want to measure research accomplish­ments? Then examine the means by which you could ensure healthy growth other than by spon­soring research. Page 3606.

• Chemical education is in danger, says S. C. Gale, -who'will explore what can be done about it at ACS News Service breakfast. Page 3608.

• Nuelear energy libraries are being shipped to 23 nations by AEC. Containing about 1000 pounds of unclassified data, they are part of the atoms-for-peace program. Page 3613.

• Silicone-coated glassware means protection for the suixâce and so increased apparent strength, says Brockway Glass. First application is in food containers. Page 3614.

• Alkyd resins made f rom isophthalic acid are being offered for evaluation by Reichhold Chemicals. Page 3616.

• High capacity, high efficiency is how Podbiel-niak describes its centrifugal countercurrent solvent extractor. Tage 3618.

• Boomtown days are over in chemical indus­try. Overproduction—much of it from new manufacturers—means marketers must seek out the customer. Page 3622.

• Vitamin competition is hotter than ever· Sales for 1955 might hit $77 million, compared with $41 million in 1946. Page 3624.

• FRB production index hits α new high (on adjusted basis ) in July. Index for chemicals and allied products was 169 in June, a 14% increase from June 1954. Page 3626.

• The stock market is not enjoying its usual bullish summer. The dog days of August see it on t h e downside generally; chemical shares are no exception. Page 3628.

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