Thring's robot to end housework and drudgery
Prof Meredith Wooldridge Thring of Queen Mary College envisions a home robot within 18 years that will lay and clear tables, make beds, dust, wash and iron clothes, scrub and cook food, and recharge itself. He argues the motor industry could supply such machines for about the price of a small car, noting emotional tasks remain beyond a robot. He warns of implications for education and employment, proposing retraining for maintenance roles and creative shifts for people once freed from routine labor.
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London
Thring
Meredith Wooldridge Thring
London University
Queen Mary College
Who's Who
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Roboots
Canadian Marine to Receive Navy Cross for Vietnam Heroism
Cpl. Claude LeBas a 20 year old Canadian citizen serving in the U S Marine Corps will be awarded the Navy Cross for actions near Da Nang during Operation Orange He grabbed a rocket launcher and destroyed two mortars then retrieved a machine gun to establish a base of fire, after his squad was cut in half. He said they were outnumbered six to one and held off the Viet Cong for two days until reinforcements arrived.
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Claude LeBas
U.S. Marine Corps
Vietnam
Camp Pendleton
Calif
LeBas
Long Beach
Este
da Nang
Haut
Artificial limbs produced in Saigon clinic aid war victims
In Saigon a U S backed rehabilitation institute runs an assembly line making 500 artificial limbs monthly, fitting civilians and soldiers injured by mines and shells. Director Dr Nguyen Huu Vi and administrator John Wells oversee a surge in amputee technicians, new regional centers, and training for hobbies and jobs.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
John Wells
Vietnam
National Rehabilitation II Institute
Wells
University of Oklahoma
U.S
Juan Monres
U.S. Air Force
Institute
Oklahoma
Howard Rusk
New York
Johnson
U.S. Agency For International Development
World Rehabilitation Fund
Juan Monros
Monros
Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Rusk
New York University Medical Center
Weiss
United States
Humble Promotes L G Machala To Senior Engineer
L G Machala has been promoted to senior engineer in Humble Oil and Refining Co. Baytown Refinery. He coordinates the cost estimating group in the Materials and Standards section and handles project engineering work. A Florida graduate with a civil engineering diploma from International Correspondence, he joined the Baytown plant in 1945 and holds multiple professional registrations. He is active in several engineer and surveyor societies, serves as vice president of the local ASCE chapter, and lives in Crosby with his wife and three children.
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L. G. Machala
Humble Oi and Refining Co
Baytown
Machala
University of Florida
International
Humble
Texas
America Association of Cost Engineers
Texas Surveyors Association
Society of Professional Chemists and Engineers
American Society of Civil Engineers
Crosby
Anthony Charles
Ralph Lee
Mary Ann
Dorothy Goedrich
Adolph Goedrich
Highlands
Charles Machala
Rockefeller Son Named Mark Fier
The son born early Thursday to Gay and Mrs Nelson A Rockefeller has been named Mark Fier, announced by the governor's office.
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NEW York
Gay
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Mark Fier
Governor
Parliament votes to renationalize steel in Britain
Britain's Labour government wins final Commons approval on a bill to renationalize the steel industry by 306-220. The measure moves to the Lords. privatization failures and mergers were cited, recalling 1950 nationalization and 1952 denationalization under Conservative rule.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
House
House of Lords
Jack Diamond
The
Treasury
Laborites
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