Television Tape Recording Ushers In Industry Giant Aid To All Ages
Ampex dominates the growing television tape recording field eight years after its start, supplying about 90 percent of recorders used worldwide. Prices fall from thirty thousand to around one thousand dollars for compact portable models, extending use in schools and classrooms. Navy carriers now deploy systems for landing data and flight info, while doctors use taped imagery for noninvasive analysis of organs and bones.
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Famine Worsens in India Food Supply Scarcity Pressures
The Punjab and broader India face severe hunger as weather, bureaucracy, and profiteering strain grain supplies. A 70-year-old villager Chater Sing recalls half stomachs and two meals becoming one. American wheat aid, amounting to about 5.6 billion since 1951, tempers shortages but many families ration strictly. Prime Minister Shastri’s political future hinges on resolving the crisis amid rising prices, debt, and limited transport.
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Doorbells of Soviet Homes Draw Power Load
A reader to Izvestia claims Soviet door bells drain power continuously via tiny transformers. The letter says the design cannot be altered and residents have complained without relief.
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Izvestia
Miracle in British leadership shifts fortunes for Conservatives
A year after Britain's Conservative Party faced disarray with its leader hospitalized and aides competing for power, public opinion polls show the Conservatives level with Labour. Analysts credit Lord Home's calm persona, a strong central party organization, and a well funded campaign. Labour's delayed response and exposure of weaknesses are noted as factors. Home won a Commons seat after renouncing his title and launched a brisk, whistle stop campaign.
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Governors No Longer Path to Presidency Through State Seats
Senators say the path to the White House now runs via Congress. Governors, once springboards to national power, struggle as voters prefer candidates with Senate exposure. The piece notes history with Roosevelt Stevenson Coolidge and current figures as Mansfield analyzes factors shaping ticket choices.
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Governors, national issue visibility questioned by leaders
Mansfield notes governors lack time to build national profiles amid busy state business. Dirksen blames Democratic administrations for centralizing power in Washington since Franklin D. Roosevelt, saying states have been downgraded in philosophy and governance.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dirksen
Washington
Vikings Beat Columbus by 500 Years Finding in Newfoundland Spurs Debate
Archaeologists report a stone wheel fragment in Newfoundland as evidence for a Viking settlement near 1000 years ago. Described as part of a wool pinning device, the item is hailed as the first Viking household artifact found in North America. National Geographic's Dr. Melville Bell Grosvenor notes the discovery suggests Vikings brought their wives to help establish a permanent settlement.
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