Mini TV watches courtrooms and cops expand use of video
The piece outlines how mini television systems and closed circuit video recorders are used in police stations courts ships and race tracks. It notes rising U S sales about ten thousand devices and potential growth to a hundred million dollars as applications widen from law enforcement to classrooms and business.
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Today in History highlights across years
On this date in 1876 Bell demonstrated the telephone with Watson in Boston. Jefferson named minister to France in 1785. 1843 Senate ratified the Mexican War treaty. Blizzard of 1888 began on the East Coast. 1933 Southern California earthquakes killed 100 plus. 1945 U S Superforts bombed Tokyo. Italian women voted locally in 1946. Geopolitics and conflicts noted from 1958 to 1969.
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Georges Bidault
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West Germany
Numbers Tell Lens Power
A New York explainer describes binoculars with two numbers such as 7x35. The first number indicates magnification while the second relates to light gathering, with 35 mm being the objective lens diameter.
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New York
610,000 Under 25 Plan Europe Tours
A travel magazine survey finds 610,000 Americans aged 16 to 25 plan to visit Europe in three years. They project spending about 820 million dollars on their trips and tours.
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New York
Pompidou as Premier Shapes De Gaulle's Policy Clarity
AP reports Georges Pompidou functions as a trusted executor for Charles de Gaulle, guiding domestic policy while De Gaulle keeps foreign affairs to himself. Pompidou's rise from unlikely teacher to premier hinges on Gaullist support, with no clear path to popular backing or independent policy shifts after De Gaulle's era.
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Finnish Study on Storage Gases Extends Meat Shelf Life
A Helsinki study under the U S Department of Agriculture tests carbon dioxide and nitrogen atmospheres on fresh meat. Results show meat lasts longer in controlled atmospheres than in air, with 32 degree storage in air about 100 days versus tripling that in 40 percent carbon dioxide atmospheres.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Wildcat nickname born from Pennsylvanian oil drills
The term wildcatter emerged from early American oil pioneers. In remote Pennsylvania fields, night clashes over food scraps left by day crews highlighted harsh frontier drilling life.
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Indus River Powers World’s Largest Irrigated Region
The Indus river in India and Pakistan now supplies irrigation for about 25 million acres, using half of its annual flow. This marks the largest single irrigated region on earth.
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