Achtung Sign Misread As German Mayhem
Des Moines computer firm staff misread a sign on a bank computer as German. Closer inspection reveals playful jargon and garbled phrases about blinking lights and pockets, not a warning.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1964
Page
7
Des Moines computer firm staff misread a sign on a bank computer as German. Closer inspection reveals playful jargon and garbled phrases about blinking lights and pockets, not a warning.
The Messenger disclaims responsibility for errors in TV program listings when stations fail to provide corrected schedules. Bold face type marks color programs and signals.
Mrs Ida Bland and daughter with the Yoho family of New Martinsville are guests of Blain Taylor and family. Carl Barnhill and Edith Betzing visit Floyd Christy in Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus. Marshall Miller of Beverly visits Gerald Violet. Floyd Spencer Belpre and Bessie Barr Los Angeles visit Wayne Brickles. Eugene Moore family guests of Myrtle Frost in Washington. Edith Shiver and Jessie Bricker from Columbus visit Carrie Bahr and Margaret. Mary Hostetter and children of Springfield visit. Kenneth Caldwell a patient at Camden Clark Hospital Parkersburg. Marshall hospitalized in Columbus.
Downington reports a James Clark family reunion with many relatives visiting and staying with Clark family members. Guests include Roberta Jor dan and Fred Hazlett families, plus visits from Howell, Lee, and Haning households and several Clark relatives across towns and states.
Western Young told police a thief first stole a pair of shoes from his home. Two weeks later the thief returned the first pair and took another pair, leaving the original footwear behind.
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