Then he moved to Betz Laboratories, a specialty chemicals maker later acquired by General Electric.

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"I'm definitely hurting, " said Carl Betz, owner of a Getty station and auto-repair shop in downtown Madison, N.

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In 1919 German physicist Albert Betz published a theory that no turbine can capture more than 60 percent of the kinetic energy in wind.

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"This is the worst business has ever been, " said Mr. Betz, who blames the high price of fuel for the difficult conditions he's facing.

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Then he moved to Betz Laboratories, a specialty chemicals maker later acquired by General Electric (nyse: GE - news - people ).

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Louise Brough, Pauline Betz and Maureen Connolly vied for the title with 'Little Mo' winning three times, one coming in her 1953 Grand Slam, before her career was ended by a riding accident when she was 20.

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