Tokyo Taxi With Home Comforts Aims To Redefine Rides
Tokyo driver Masakazu Sato outfits his taxi with slippers shoeshine kit magazines a tape recorder and free candies to offer comfort and change passenger perceptions. He funded the refit himself after a September crash spending about 430 dollars plus monthly upkeep and earns about 167 dollars a month. He hopes to inspire colleagues to cleaner kinder service while keeping his family as a personal speed monitor and motivator. Tokyo has about 32 000 taxis offering a challenging ride market.
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Nerves Burned To Soothe Pain In Cleveland Study
In Cleveland experts from University Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University developed a nerve burning procedure to relieve severe pain. The method uses an electrode in a needle to singe pain nerves in the spinal cord, with safety checks to avoid motor nerve damage. Researchers include Drs. Donald Becker Frank Nulsen and Harold Young.
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Johnson to Address Sertoma Club Dinner
Don Johnson of West Branch will speak on Freedom during the Greater Cedar Rapids Sertoma club Freedom week banquet at the Elks club Tuesday at 7 30 p m. The organization will present its annual Service to Mankind award at the banquet.
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War Comes to Reporters in Saigon
Saigon reporters describe front line conditions as the city braces under curfew and shelling. AP staff cover Hue to Saigon while danger and fatigue define daily routines and the drive to file the biggest news story.
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