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The First Five Years
The First Five Years is a Canadian informational television series which aired on CBC Television from 1971 to 1974.
Premise.
The series concerns children younger than school age. Lloyd Robertson and Bette Stephenson were hosts for the first two seasons which aired locally on CBLT Toronto. Its third season was broadcast on the national network with Harry Brown replacing Robertson as a regular host.
Scheduling.
The half-hour series was initially produced as a local programme for CBLT on Wednesday afternoons from 4 October
Methods of quenching blowouts Use of nuclear explosions.
On Sep. 30, 1966 the Soviet Union in Urta-Bulak, an area about 80 kilometers from Bukhara, Uzbekistan, experienced blowouts on five natural gas wells. It was claimed in Komsomoloskaya Pravda that after years of burning uncontrollably they were able to stop them entirely. The Soviets lowered a specially made 30 kiloton nuclear bomb into a borehole drilled away from the original (rapidly leaking) well. A nuclear explosive was deemed necessary because conventional explosive both lacked the necessary power and would