Red China reports 1956 industrial boom and 1977 defense plan
Li Hsien-nien announced 1956 industrial output doubled 1949 levels and a 1957 budget of 29.29 billion yuan. Defense spending for 1977 set at 2.319 billion dollars, about 1 percent under 1953 levels, with total state revenue up 15.82 percent in 1956 and a deficit near 769 million dollars.
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Painter Cusses At Fall Rescue
Washington reports a 63 year old steeplejack, Mike Brummett, dangled head down from an 80 foot smokestack for 90 minutes when winds flipped him. Rescue workers freed him and cut his ropes. He plans to work briefly more before retirement on a farm with a shotgun, a coon dog, and fish hooks.
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Ear worn Conotone hearing aid claims featherweight design
A new Conotone hearing aid is described as worn entirely inside the ear with no cord or other components. The device allegedly weighs about half an ounce and is positioned for minimal visibility.
Merit Scholar Plan Is Boon Up Ambitious
Otis William Jones, a Flat Rock North Carolina native, earned a National Merit Scholarship after excelling in civics biology and American history at field days and entering UNC as one of 55 recipients from 58 000 contestants. The program aims to uncover talented students who might otherwise miss college due to costs. Jones and Gladys Brooks, daughter of a Villanova housekeeper, epitomize the impact of NMS on working-class families.
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Texan Named College Proxy at Pepperdine
Dr Norvel Young of Lubbock Texas was named president of George Pepperdine College in Los Angeles trustees announced. He succeeds Dr Hugh Tiner who resigned in April due to ill health. Also noted were profiles of Thayer Howard Watkins of Denver and Dr George Philip Baumsteiger of Reading Pennsylvania, both MIT attendees, and Miss Brooks a Swarthmore College student praised for scholarship and independence.
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