IBM's Ramac machine answers history in seconds at fair
The Ramac electronic quiz master from International Business Machines reports events from year to year in under a second. Demonstrated in the U S pavilion ahead of Brussels World Fair, it recalls items such as 1480 Da Vinci parachute and Faustus birth. The system uses eight languages and a memory of up to five million characters from rotating disks.
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New York
International Buiness
Ramac
U.S
Leonard da Vinci
Johann Faustus
Necromancer
Germany
Mozart
Christian VII
Denmark
IBA
Cuthbert C. Hurd
IBM
Automation Research
Hotel managers alarmed by weights request in Cincinnati
AP reports hotel managers in Cincinnati received a wire from the Cincinnati Royals asking for 40 pounds of bricks sand or other weights for leg exercises. The note referenced Maurice Stokes a Royal ace using 40 pounds to strengthen a knee after an injury, allowing his return to the court. Also mentions Lady Belper a 57 year old first team regular on Bentley England women’s cricket team.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Royals
Maurice Stokes
Royal Ace
Stokes
Maurice
Lady Belper
Bentley
England
Zoning Board Grants Waivers for Water Street Building
The Zoning Board of Appeals approved two eight-foot setback waivers for Sun Realty to build a four story masonry commercial and warehouse structure at Wall and Water streets. The plan replaces the destroyed Kleban building and includes off street loading. The board also conditionally granted waivers for Sheraton Apartments to construct a two story 28 unit complex at 165 McKinley Avenue Taft Avenue, amid opposition from 16 residents. The board agenda covered 28 items with 24 approvals, six conditional, one conditional and temporary, and four denials, plus a list of other granted and pending waivers for various properties and repairs.
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Zoning Board of Appeals
Sun Realty Company
Wall and Water
Sheraton Apartments
Natalie Schecter
McKinley Avenue
Taft Avenue
City Hall
Joseph Horan
Norman Street
John and
Rose Santacrose
Havister Avenue
Andrew Brothers, Inc
Sheriden Street
John
Lucille Slezak
Noble Avenue
Charles B. Moran
Fairfield Avenue
Mary Jacobs
John Shlonsky
Lincoln Avenue
Joseph Boas
Lenox Avenue
Salvatore A. DeBendetto
Lexington Avenue
Victor L. Martin
Harral Avenue
Vincent J. Cavaliere
Vincent J. Lynch
North Avenue
Alexander Karr
Rossinoff Place
Bridgeport
Lincoln-Mer
Prio Indicted in Rebel Plot Against Batista
New York AP reports Carlos Prio Socarras indicted anew on charges of continuing anti Batista activities. Eight others in the U S on related counts accuse them of plotting sabotage and arming Cuban rebels. Conviction could lead to expulsion. Prio dismisses the charges as pro dictatorships in Latin America.
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New York
Carlos Prio Socarras
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Prio
Latin America
Batista
Dominican Republic
Mexico
Haiti
United States
Fidel Castro
Pria
Miami Beach
Fla
Miami
U.S
Federal District
Enrique Henriquez
Piio
Ithe
Local zoning notices list property additions and sign erections
Cury Inc at 1807 State Street seeks outdoor display and sale of used cars and garage construction. Ida and Stephen Savin at 42 Aldine Avenue plan a second floor addition. Radding Signs at 204 Grand Street to erect two signs. Elizabeth Manning at 89 Franklin Street to add a three story fire escape. Hilliard and Selma Lang at 307 Fairfield Avenue plan a one story rear addition and fire escape. Denied: Julian Szostak at 26 Columbia Cars, P and F Motors at 1766 Street for used car operations. Sol Rothman at 144 Martin Terrace to sell antiques in an enclosed porch. Dr Paul Sherman at 1720 Noble Avenue to enclose porch for waiting area.
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Stratford Avenue
Sol Rothman
Martin Terrace
Paul Sherman
Noble Avenue
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