Bed shaking device nets million in motel trade
Glen Rock inventor John Houghtaling markets a coin operated Magic Fingers bed shaker. The device uses a small motor and unbalanced weight to create concentric ripples that vibrate the bed for 15 minutes at sleep time. It earned about 1 million dollars last year and is expected to surpass 2.5 million this year. Travelers drop quarters hoping for relief from insomnia and a light, undulating departure to dreamland.
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Ward Cannel Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Glen Rock
N. J
NEA
John Houghtaling
Houghtaling
U. S
Land of Nod
When Divorce Isn't Final Lessons for parenting after separation
Mrs. Muriel Lawrence counsels divorced parents to model honesty and courage rather than harsh self condemnation. She argues that clinging to guilt harms children and that showing brave, honest behavior after divorce is a healthier example than perpetual self blame.
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Bill
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Goulet Divorce Granted in Juarez
Singer Robert Goulet's wife Louise Goulet was granted a Mexican divorce on Friday in Juarez. The couple, parents of a 6 year old daughter, had been legally separated for three years. A separate item notes the Minuteman ICBM travels at speeds over 15,000 miles per hour.
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New York
UPI
Robert Goulet
Louise Goulet
Juarez
Mexico
Goulets
Minuteman
Bavaria Open to Bidault If He Drops Political Activity
West Germany's Bavaria would grant Georges Bidault political asylum if he files a written request and pledges to cease political activity. Bidault, 63, a former French premier, leads the National Resistance Council tied to the OAS. Paris officials see asylum as resolving the De Gaulle-Adenauer tension amid a Franco German friendship treaty. Time rises 10 cents in stand price.
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Germany
UPI
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Charles de Gaulle
West Germany
Heinrich Junker
Bavaria
Bidault
National Resistance Council
CNR
de Gaulle
France
Secret Army Organization
OAS
Paris
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Pidault
Bonn
WVU May Purchase Insurance for Medical Center
West Virginia University could use tax funds to buy malpractice and liability insurance for doctors at the University Medical Center. The state attorney general’s office said the Board of Insurance may decide if a state activity warrants such coverage and that operating costs at the center can be paid from the Medical School Fund.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia University
University Medical Center
Asst
Claude A. Joyce
State Board of Insurance
Joyce
University
WVU Board of Governors
Hospital
Bishop to Visit Fayetteville Church
The resident bishop of the West Virginia Methodist area Rev. Fred G. Holloway will speak at 11 a m Sunday during consecration services for Fayetteville Methodist Church front. Also taking part are Rev. Charles S. Thompson and Rev. J H Carson. Bishop Holloway administers the West Virginia Annual Conference with about 1 525 churches and 210 000 members.
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BNS
West Virginia
Fred G. Holloway
West Wiseman Avenue
High Street
Bishop Holloway
Charles S. Thompson
J. H. Carson
Bishop Halloway
Newark
N. J
Frank DeMott
Alice (Garrigus) Holloway
Winifred Maxwell Jackson
William Jackson Holloway
Wilmington
Del
Fred G. Jr
Linthicum Heights
Western Maryland College
Westminister
Drew Theological Semmnary
Madison
Drew University
Miller Speaks At Fayette County GOP Dinner
State Senator Jack L. Miller of Wood County substituted for Rep. Arch Moore at the Fayette County Lincoln Day dinner draws about 150 attendees. Myron Renick served as master of ceremonies and re signed as Public Service Commission chair. George Eads led the Fayette County GOP as he outlined activities and appealed for funds to keep the Oak Hill headquarters open, warning it may close at the end of March.
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RNS
Jack L. Miller
Wood County
Arch Moore
Fayette County
Sen. Miller
Abraham Lincoln
Myron Renick
Renick
Public Service Commission
George Eads
Republican
Eads
GOP
Oak Hill
Father Kills Wife and Four Children in Manchester
Joseph M. Simichak, 39, battered Nobuko Simichak and their children Patricia 3 Elizabeth 2 Katherine 6 months with a carpenter's hammer in their apartment. He surrendered to police stating I have hurt my family. The three younger children died at a hospital. Nobuko and Franklin 4 died later. Motive not determined.
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Manchester
N.H
Joseph M. Simichak
Simichaks
Patricia
Elizabeth
Katherine
Nobuko
Franklin
Simichak
Kennedy to hold news conference next Thursday at 4 p.m
President Kennedy will not hold a news conference this week and will instead speak to reporters next week on Thursday at 4 p.m. EST. The scheduling update comes from White House sources.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Byrd Invites Top Men To Ramp Festival
Sen Robert Byrd invites Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman and Interior Secretary Stewart Udall to Spruce Knob Ramp Festival in West Virginia April 19 20. He warns they will be persona non grata after the feast and praises ramps as a strong onion garlic aroma with a memorable epicurean appeal.
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Washington
UPI
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Spruce Knob
W. Va
Byrd
Two men sentenced to death over faulty goods fraud
In Tselinograd the city court sentenced two men to death for producing faulty goods at a chemical plant and embezzling funds. Ka zakhstan Pravda reported they oversaw over 250000 dollars in defective products and siphoned more than 150000 dollars via fake contracts.
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Moscow
UPI
Tselinograd
Kazakhstan
Pravda
Sinatra Jr Debuts as Vocalist with Dorsey Band in Hollywood
Frank Sinatra Jr., 19, starts as featured vocalist with the band led by Sam Donahue, continuing his father Frank Sinatra Sr's legacy with Tommy Dorsey in the 1940s. He hopes to live up to expectations and become an asset to the group.
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Hollywood
UPI
Frank Sinatra Jr
Tommy Dorsey
Sinatra Sr
Sam Donahue
Sinatra
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