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RDS-6s (Russian: РДС-6с, from the Soviet codename for their atomic bombs Russian: Реактивный Двигатель Специальный, lit. 'special jet engine'; American codename: Joe 4) was the first Soviet attempted test of a thermonuclear weapon that occurred on August 12, 1953, that detonated with an energy equivalent to 400 kilotons of TNT.
He owned and operated Big Joe Oil Company, which explored for and drilled wells. He became known for his charity work in Mingo Junction, where a highway was named after him, and Natchez, where he started the Joe Fortunato Celebrity Golf Classic to raise funds for education in Mississippi. He was a recreational bluegill fisherman. [8]
A shrewd investor, he sold off his Wall Street investments two months before the collapse of 1929, realizing $4 million in cash. [3] Hirshhorn made his fortune in the mining and oil business. In the 1930s, he focused much of his attention on gold and uranium mining prospects in Canada, establishing an office in Toronto in 1933. [4] [5]
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However, in March, the Biden administration approved ConocoPhillips’ massive Willow oil drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope, which holds around 600 million barrels of oil, angering ...
Joe Comfort (June 22, 1954 - September 14, 2024) was an American homeless man who lived in New Haven, Connecticut. He was and always will be a New Haven "street legend". [1] He was featured in the Local Characters Trading Cards for New Haven, exhibited in 2005. [2] He earned money doing odd jobs including raking leaves, window washing, and ...
By this time, Express Oil Change operated 172 company- and franchise-owned locations across 10 states. [6] In 2013, as Express Oil Change had expanded to nearly 200 locations across 13 states, Carousel Capital reacquired the company from Thompson Street. [7] Expresst acquired Birmingham-based Tire Engineers, a company with seven locations. [8]