New devices aid blind see through new tech
AP reports on advances for the 500000 Americans living without sight. Space age tech includes lasers and miniature TV cameras wired to the brain, plus sensors that read and transmit pulses. National Eye Institute experts foresee further progress in treatment and diagnosis.
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Frank Carey
Associated Press
Smithsonian Institution
National Eye Institute
National Health Education Committee, Inc
Michael DeBakey
Houston
San Francisco
Bridge column explains suit finesse and misplay impact
A bridge puzzle shows South choosing three spades first leads to West ruff and slam defeat, but analysis argues diamonds first is safer. The piece cites H. W. Kelsey’s book Improve Your Bridge and offers a pocket guide ad. It shifts to a health tech feature on eye care, highlighting space age devices and the portable visual aid concept from Smith Kettlewell, including the barber chair ancestor and tactile reading potential.
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South
H. W. Kelsey
Bass
West
Survival test in Colorado woods by NRA and agencies
Eight experienced woodsmen endure a four day mid winter survival exercise in the Colorado Wyoming region to test survival kits and methods. The group, including Whitmore and Wilhite, uses improvised shelters and small fires as they backtrack toward beaver ponds and fish through ice. The test aims to inform hunter safety courses in the United States and Canada.
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Kinikinik
Colo
Bob Whitmore
Te Colorado Game and Fish Department
Colorado
Wyoming
Air National Guard
National Riflemen's
Beaver Ponds
Whitmore
NRA
Fame and Fish
Wilhite
United States
Canada
Re Werness
Federal Bureau of Reclamation
Jack Wilhite
Dale Guskil
Washington, D.C
Dick Keeney
Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Joe Vogler
Safe Agency
Harry Kissell
Denver
Outward Bound
Errol King
Rockies
Mummy Range
Air Guard
Colorado Game and Fish
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National Society For the Prevention of Blindness, Inc
Carter Collins
Alfred Sheinmwold
North Bays
East
Alfred Sheinwold
Daily Review
Grand Central Station
New York
Carter C. Collins
Smith-Kettlewell Institute
Gaskill
Cache la Poudre
Associated Press Sports
Hayward Daily Review
Poughkeepsie
Century of Sports
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