Data Centers Use Computers to Cut Business Costs
Business leaders seek profit gains through mechanical brains as 1,300 data processing centers expand in 1962. Over 25,000 firms use this approach to cut operating costs and save time, with production and sales rising even when profits lag. The Soviet Union and Western Europe also turn to large computers for efficiency and growth.
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AP Business News
New York
Soviet Union
Western Europe
Remington Rand
Burroughs
National Cash Register
General Electric
Thompson Ramo Wooldridge
Automated Procedures Corp
C-E-I-R, Inc
Statistical Tabulating Corp
Sessions Co
World Book prize offered to Milford School pupils
Uncle Ray invites fourth through twelfth graders to submit science history biography or geography questions for a chance to win 20 volume World Book Encyclopedias. The piece also surveys volcanic activity Samoan Islands population and rising computer data centers growth projections.
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Milford School
Wolcottville
Ind
Uncle Ray
Balaguer Decrees Return Of Confiscated Dominican Property
Balaguer ordered the return of property confiscated from Dominicans for political reasons and ruled that residents of government housing pay only construction costs as assessed. The communique notes homes built recently were priced above actual costs by private contractors. In other news, the Middle Border Alumni Club of St Olaf College plans a coffee hour at St Pauls Lutheran Church after La Crosse holiday tournament final. The St Olaf team competes with Winona State La Crosse State and Luther College.
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Middle Border
St. Olaf College
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
la Crosse
St. Olaf
Winona State
la Crosse State
Luther College
Australia Holds Over One Million Licensed TV Sets
The Postmaster General's Department reports 1,284,716 licensed television sets in use in Australia, roughly one set for every eight people.
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Sydney
Australia
Postmaster - General's Department
FingerprintRegistry Emerges in 1891 by Juan Vucetich
Identification by fingerprints became practical in 1891 when Juan Vucetich of Buenos Aires established a fingerprint registry.
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Juan Vucetich
Buenos Aires
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Equator
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Ment
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Hoeschler
Oxfords
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Arenz
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