During this second quarter, meetings were held with contractors on the ERDA Fuel Gas from Animal Waste Program to discuss project planning and review. Site visits were made to groups involved in anaerobic digestion. An engineering and economic analysis of a process for the anaerobic digestion of animal residue was completed; the results can be used for the design of a pilot plant unit. A comprehensive engineering report of this analysis was completed, and a first draft was submitted to ERDA. Several proposals were received from ERDA and reviewed.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Babes in Toyland" will be presented Dec. 22 in the Tinker YMCA gymnasium to benfit the Y's world service program."

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Back on the ice is Blazer coach Murray Davison, who joined his team in practice Wednesday."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "ENTERTAINING PATIENTS at the Veterans Administration Hospital Wednesday is announcer and rodeo trick Hub Hubbell of Sarasota, Fla., and the new Miss Rodeo America, Terry Ann Edington."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "LIGHTING CANDLES Wednesday at the Emanuel Synagogue on the eve of the Festival of Lights, or Hannukah, are left to right, Janice Belson, 10; Phillip Bush, 12; Carolyn Josephson, 9, and Stacy Michalove, 9."

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The ways that reliable high temperature drilling motors could reduce geothermal drilling are reviewed. These are: faster drilling, increased bit footage, improved drilling of fractured rock, improved directional drilling, reduced hole deviation, reduced blowouts, reduced casing wear, reduced keyseating, reduced twist-offs, improved milling operations, improved sidetracking, improved slim hole drilling, reduced mud problems, reduced lost circulation, reduced drillstring corrosion, reduced drillstring vibrations, improved data telemetry, and reduced drillstring failures. (MHR)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Transfer of county records to regional historical resource depositories.

This paper presents a procedure for the protection engineer to follow in assessing a system with respect to its susceptibility to an electromagnetic pulse (EMP), and in determining whether the system requires protection. If the system is determined to be vulnerable to EMP, the procedure also indicates how to decide upon the most suitable protection scheme. The discussion centers on two flow charts, which illustrate the step-by-step procedure which utilizes the necessary ingredients of EMP protection engineering discussed in a previous paper. The description of the protection procedure is divided into two parts: the first dealing with issues on the macroscopic or large-scale system level, while the second is concerned with operations on the subsystem level or lower.

A one-year technology-transfer project involving ERDA installations and Hawaii consisted of sending teams from the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory on week-long field trips every two months to test the effectiveness of different methods of transferring technology information from federal sources to civilian clients. The team was questioned primarily on non-energy matters, and the energy questions asked related mostly to individuals or small industries. The team responed to all questions and found that a wide range of knowledge was more effective than having a sequence of experts. Hawaiians considered current major ERDA projects to be irrelevant to their needs. The team was most successful on a one-to-one basis because large groups and state agencies tend to be more policy- than action-oriented. Personal followup was considered essential. The team also learned that their visits generated ten times as many inquiries as were received unsolicited by the laboratory. Most inquiries involved biomass and use of agricultural wastes, solar energy, and transportation. An important contribution of the team's workshops was linking groups to work together on common problems. An appendix lists the subjects of queries and the names and addresses of consortium participants and Hawaiian contacts. (DCK)

In August 1975, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory began to quantitatively fit all employees who are or may be required to wear any type of full-face respirator. After one year, 306 employees have been fitted. A total of 1362 tests were made, using seven makes of full-face respirators. Of the 306 employees fitted, 284 were tested using more than one make of full-face mask. All employees fitted could get a maximum use limit (MUL) of at least 100, 8 percent has a MUL of 100 to 499 on at least one of the makes of masks tested, 11 percent had an MUL of 500 to 999, 13 percent had an MUL of 1000 to 1999, 24 percent had an MUL of 2000 to 4999, and 44 percent had an MUL greater than 5000. These numbers were derived using the average of the peak leakages occurring during each of six exercises performed while wearing each mask. If the overall average leakage occurring during the six exercises rather than the peak average is used in the calculations, 90 percent of the employees could obtain an MUL over 1000 on at least one make of mask.

Daily newspaper from Sulphur Springs, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A hard day for a rodeo clown begins in the locker room where Johnny Tatum (pictured) applies his greasepaint..."

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A packed State Fair Arena awaits ready rider."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Jenny Robins faces the big decision of where to fasten Santa's face on the package she is wrapping. Hummm. Maybe a bit more to the left."

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "An Oklahoma City world-help organization is $100 richer thanks to the guilty conscience of "a thief in the night." Mr. and Mrs. Tim Sweeney examine metal art pieces returned by a repentant thief along with that oriental rug and the black glass vase."

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