Enigmatic Consumer Pressure on Safety Belts and New Product Failures
A leading industrial design firm notes that 23 of 26 new products fail and stresses ongoing lab research costs. Consumer studies show headway on nontraditional designs often falters, as seen with a dissolvable pill and a wide-mouth ketchup bottle. Chrysler of Canada president cites 700 saved lives and 20,000 fewer injuries if seat belts were routine. Manufacturers could lead by including belts as standard.
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Rod W. Todgham
Chrysler of Canada
Overture Concerts drives forward fourth Portage season
The Overture Concerts Association in Portage la Prairie enters its fourth year promoting three to four concerts at Prince Charles School Auditorium. The group draws top talent, offers student tickets at no charge, and relies on member support to sustain local music without club sponsorship. The aim is a lasting musical life for Portage and district.
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Overture Concerts Association
Portage la Prairie
Fouth
Prince Charles School
Overture Concerts
Ston
Portage and District
Overture
Bfy
Spices and herbs shaped history and cooking fortunes
The article traces how spices drove travel and conflicts from ancient caravans to Elizabethan taxes, notes the distinction between spices and herbs, and offers home use tips. It explains that spices are tropical plant parts while herbs are leaves, and advises on storage, freshness, and when to add spices during cooking for maximum flavor.
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Tropics
Blue Flu and Health Topics Highlight Gut Fort Worth Blood Case
Health brief focuses on psychological impact of influenza with the blues prolonging recovery for some patients while high morale shortens illness. Dentitrice with strontium reduces tooth pain in sensitive teeth. Fort Worth man with rhemacromatosis supplies blood worth about one million dollars at fourteen dollars per 100 cubic centimetres. Lump in the throat often proves to be tension, with medical checks distinguishing physical causes from globus hystericus in hundreds of patients.
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John Hopkins University
Abram Cohen
University of Pennsylvania Dental School
Medical World News
E. Richard Halden
Fort Worth
Carter Blood Centre
HB. Lockhardt
Vancouver
Lockhardt
Moon materials and nerve signals reveal science at work
US Naval Research Laboratory findings suggest the moon has a sandlike surface layer about a fifth of an inch thick above an insulating second layer and a deep rock layer beneath. Nerve signals travel at speeds up to 200 miles per second, with millions of channels in the optic nerve carrying sight data to the brain. A bedtime story can influence a child's behavior by engaging affiliation needs, as University of Michigan psychologists report, prompting further study of story themes on media effects.
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Lunar
Naval Research Laboratory
Bernhard
Katz
London
Scientific American
University of Michigan
Jesse E. Gordon
Canadian Tastes Studied in New Zealand Trade Drive
New Zealand probes Canadian tastes for lamb as part of a push to broaden markets amid fears of British entry to the European common market. Exports go through the Meat Export Development Company, with Canadian producers safeguarded. Visitors report varied reactions to New Zealand lamb. Dr. G H Adlam of Alberta, a Canadian veterinarian in New Zealand, voices cautious optimism.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Canada
Meat Export Development Company. Limited
G.H. Adlam
Alberta
Department of Agrculture
No Reason Manufacturers Can Compete with Others
A. George De Young, chair man of the National Productivity Council and president of Atlas Steels Ltd Welland Ont, argues against the idea Canada cannot compete with European and Japanese industry He cites taxation tariffs and regulations as barriers and calls for greater cooperation among management labor and government to raise productivity He notes Canadian tax rates and suggests revisions while urging in plant cooperation to cut costs and boost output
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A. George de Young
National Productivity Council
de Young
Atlas Steels Ltd
Welland
Ont
Productivity Council
Canada
Europe
New Contacts Produce Sales in New Zealand
Canadian exports to New Zealand rose to nearly 24 million dollars in 1960, with gains across salmon, newsprint, metals, rubber, autos, and machinery. J H Stone urges sustained effort, pricing, and market fit, noting potential gains as New Zealand’s economy improves and Ottawa conference links bear fruit.
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New Zealand
Ottawa
Freedom and compulsion in political systems examined
A thinker argues that true liberty hinges on accepting unavoidable natural necessity while resisting man-made coercion. He weighs short term gains of domination against lasting costs to soul, dignity, and responsibility, urging scrutiny of every political proposal by its level of coercion.
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Fredom
Gems Of Thought WordS And Quotes Collection
A compact compilation of aphorisms from Thoreau Butler Conrad and Churchill. The notes emphasize the power of words to grip ideas, persuade with the right term, and the value of concise expression in thoughtful reflection.
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Samuel Butler
Joseph Conrad
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