Giant electronic brain needs human programmers to think
A New York Times column explains that giant computers like UNIVAC and IBM 702 are incredibly fast but useless without programmers. It notes a serious shortage of good programmers, the shift in required skills from pure math to logic and language, and how business applications complicate programming due to idioms and imprecise language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sperry Rand Corp
Univac
International Business Machine Co
Manhattan
Herbert F. Mitchell Jr
Sperry Rand
Dr. Mitchell
Charleyhorse
Charley
Charles
Bogart rails at new Hollywood faces in note on star power
Hollywood veteran Bogart argues producers overrate fresh talent and that ticket buyers want familiar stars like Cagney Cooper Tracy and Wayne. He quips about Brando Ray and Richards and notes his own success in We're No Angels while commenting on Limbergh casting and aging actors.
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James Bacon
Hollywood
Humphrey Bogart
Jimmy Cagney
Gary Cooper
Spencer Tracy
Duke Wayne
Bogart
Marlon Brando
Aldo Ray
Jeff Richards
Brando
Ray
Aldo
Devil's Island
Richards
Bogie
Pike to Link With New York and Ohio Turnpikes
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission outlined a 46 mile Lake Erie shoreline toll road connecting New York Thruway at the state line with the Ohio Turnpike. It would pass Erie city area and link Western Pennsylvania with a broader New York West Virginia extension under study. Completion eyed for late 1957 at about 62 million dollars.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Pennsylvania
Ohio Turnpike
State Line
Lake Erie
Erie
New York State
West Virginia
Milton Man Cleared In Delinquency Count
William Walker of Milton was cleared of murder in his mother Mary Walkers death and of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Detective Chief Herman Frazier said witnesses placed him as not the man who molested an 11 year old girl. Walker had been acquitted by directed verdict in his mother Mary Walkers death last May.
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Huntington W
Milton
Herman A. Frazier
William Walker
Walker
Mary Walker
Parkersburg Sewerage Program Under Way
Ground breaking for Parkersburg’s multi million-dollar sewerage program began with work on a $770,000 sewage treatment plant by Thompson Starrett Construction of Chicago. An interceptor sewerage system financed by approved bonds will cost nearly $5 million and take two years to complete, with Robert K. Horton of Cincinnati attending for the Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission.
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Parkersburg
Thompson-Starrett Construction Co
Chicago
Robert K. Horton
Cincinnati
Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission
West Virginia Fire School and state science plans
The 25th West Virginia State Fire School is set for Morgantown July 25 to 29 with training in municipal and industrial fire protection. West Virginia University School of Mines and state agencies sponsor. A West Virginia Science Fair Work Conference is planned for Oct 31–Nov 1 at Jackson's Mill to advance state science education, led by Morris Harvey's Dr Ashley C Blackwell. Additional items include Fort Henry Bridge dedication plans in Wheeling, C&O Railway naming T H Duffy as fuel service engineer in Huntington, Preston Memorial Hospital opening in Kingwood, First National Bank of Morgantown acquiring property for a new building, Wellsburg High adding two classrooms, and Wetzel County's Reader high auditorium conversion.
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West Virginia
Morgantown
West Virginia University School of Mines
State Fire Marshall
West Virginia Inspection Bureau
Morris Harvey
Jackson's Mill
Ashley C. Blackwell
Wheeling
Ohio Valley Board of Trade Committee
Fort Henry
State Road Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
T. H. Duffy
Huntington
Duffy
New Bern
N. Y
Minott Brooke
Kingwood
First National Bank of
Bank
DelRoy Richards
Wellsburg High School
Olen Rutan
Wetzel County
Reader High
Grandson for Benny and Livingston born in New York
A son named Michael was born to Mrs. Seth Baker at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York Saturday. Born weighing 6 pounds 2 ounces, he is the first grandchild of Jack Benny and Mary Livingston. Mrs Benny, formerly Joan Benny, is 20. her husband, 27, is a stock broker. The Bennys recently moved from California.
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New York
Seth Baker
Jack Benny
Mary Livingston
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Michael
Joan Benny
Bennys
California
School Building Projects and Additions Approved
The text lists multiple construction projects with estimated costs including a $2,500 classroom expansion, a $30,000 addition to Brooklyn Grade School in New Martinsville, a $60,000 remodeling at Paden City High, a $50,000 four room addition to Steelton Grade School, and a $50,000 vocational shop building at Pine Grove.
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Brooklyn
New Martinsville
Paden City High
Pine Grove
Patients told to vent at work to lessen heart risk
Dr. David Gelfand heads Philadelphia General Hospital’s cardiac work evaluation unit. After studying 438 patients, he finds nearly half have a psychological factor linked to heart disease. He advises workers to discuss issues with bosses and return to full-time jobs, with most resuming work after treatment.
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Philadelphia
David Gelfand
Ditchdigger
Gelfand
Bingo
Canalou Fisher Reels In 15 Alive Catch After Near Quit
In Canalou Missouri James D. Kochel nearly gave up fishing when he landed a string of 15 live fish. The tale suggests the previous angler had strung fish and lost them, leaving Kochel with a surprising catch yet to be claimed.
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Canalou, Mo.i
James D. Kochel
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Business Mirror
Sam Dawson
IBM
Hollywood News
Ethel Barrymore
Los Angeles
Peter Graves
Charles Lindbergh
Warners
Pennsylvania ‘Pike
General Electric
Lynn
Mass
Paul Revere
Old North
Boston
Hearst Newspapers
International Soundphotos
Preston Memorial Hospital
Ralph Sides
All Rights
Merch of Science
Cleaning Service
Beckley
Prince St
South Kanawha St
South Fayette St
Crab Orchard
Richmon Cleaners—Laundry
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