The Era of the Friendly Home Computer Arrives
Experts foresee affordable personal computers embedded in everyday devices within a decade. Voice control, wristwatch health monitors, and home appliances with diagnostic links to repair shops are among anticipated innovations. Journalists discuss costs, usability, and the shift from room-size machines to consumer electronics under $600.
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George E. Lindamood
National Bureau of Standards
Lindawood
Earl C. Joseph
Sperry-Univac Computer Systems
Joseph
Lindamood
Richard F. Brown
Computer Store Inc
Cambridge
Mass
Brown’s
TKTS booth debuts bold new look and extra windows
The TKTS booth in Duffy Square gets a bright red white repaint and two more windows bringing total to six. Since 1973 it has sold half price Broadway and off Broadway tickets, moving over 2.7 million tickets for more than 15 million dollars in gross. The Theatre Development Fund operates both the Times Square and Wall Street booths, funding off Broadway and dance programs.
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New York
UPI
TKTS
Duffy Square
Wall Street
Theatre Development Fund
Rediscover Walking and Cycling on Vacation
Explore walking hiking and bicycling during your vacation to enjoy energy efficient transportation and promote health. Engage in low impact movement, absorb surroundings, and choose active options for travel and recreation.
Plastic Surgery Aims to Change Lives Says Surgeon Stallings
Des Moines plastic surgeon James Stallings explains how modern plastic surgery offers cosmetic and reconstructive options. He notes 85 percent of his Des Moines practice is cosmetic and stresses safety, affordability, and early cancer detection through post mastectomy reconstruction.
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United States
James Stallings
Stallings
Des Moines
Dear Abby and Old-Fashioned Reflections From 20 Years Before
A reader asks for advice on a husband who refuses to brush his teeth and secrets about kissing him due to his bad breath. Abby suggests not kissing him if he won’t change. The column then reflects on a reader upset about teenage daughters returning to school after a relative’s death. An old item notes East Germany ending a two-day truck slowdown on the autobahn between Berlin and West Germany.
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Abby
East Germany
Berlin
West Germany
Cornell Talk by John Cheever at Cornell College Campus
Writer John Cheever will address a public audience in McCague Hall King Chapel on Friday at 10 15 a m He is in Eastern Iowa this week for appearances with the International Writing Program and the Writers Workshop at the University of Iowa Cheever participates in a Cornell College event open to the public
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Mount Vernon
John Cheever
McCague Hall
King Chapel
Cornell College
Cheever
Iowa
International Writing Program
Writers Workshop
University of Iowa
Cornell
Air Conditioner Use Warned For Fuel Economy
Officials caution car owners that running air conditioning or power accessories increases weight and reduces fuel economy by about 10 percent, with greater losses in stop and go traffic. The advisory concludes with a note that it pays to advertise.
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