Picturephone tests spark debate in corporate offices
Secretaries complain of being skipped while executives test a combined telephone and television system. Westinghouse uses desk top picture sets in Pittsburgh and New York, with features to view oneself and to disable transmission. Pros include time and travel savings. cons range from privacy issues to potential relationship tensions and workplace misfires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American. Telephone, and Telegraph. Co
Westinghouse
Pittsburgh
New York
Branch Manager Fails to Face Office Pressures
The piece notes a manager hiding in the hinterlands unable to face head office and confrontations. It suggests the boss must stay vigilant, as excessive Picturephone chatter with another company secretary could hurt profits. The author ends with a plea to send a letter instead of using Picturephone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stadium Club
Ball Park
NASA urged to aid Barbarellas with practical home fixes
A reader pleads for NASA and space tech researchers to apply Apollo 9 era know how to everyday domestic problems. Suggestions include cordless vacuum design, spray starch nozzles, climate friendly car seats, mud resistant tennis shoes, window fog control, sand repellent sheets, and stronger waste collection capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NASA
TV Writers Mock Grammar In Playful Meter
A remark suggests TV writers joke that grammar is linked to grammar par. The light quip plays on word form and language precision in screenwriting culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grammar
Grampar
Euchre Party Planned To Benefit Saline Hospital
The Saline Community Hospital Auxiliary hosts an euchre party at Pittsfield Grange Hall starting 8:30 p.m. Monday. Proceeds fund hospital equipment including a laboratory analyzer bought with Auxiliary funds. tickets are $1 at the door and refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Masonic Hall
Saline Hospital
Pittsfield Grange
Saline Community Hospital
Pittsfield Grange Hall
Charles Slay
Auxiliary
Vince Catacuzzeno
Slay
Harold Smith
Sam Lambarth
Jack Brookins
Mary Woods
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ford Sales Organizations
Saline
Rotary Club
Leutheuser
S. Milton Hartman
Ross Campbell
Washtenaw County
CUB Scout Pack
Houghton School
HS. Athletic Field
American Legion
Legion Hall
OES
Mary Martin
Ruth Campbell
PTO
Saline Advisory Council
Red Cross Center
Packard Rd
Wesley Nielsen
St. Andrew’s Church Hall
Altar Society
United Methodist Church Parish House
Ann. Arbor St
Young Saline
HURON
EMU Field
Ypsilanti
Presbyterian Church
Saline Jaycees
Saline Legion and Auxiliary
Jaycees
FORD
N. Ann Arbor St
Werte Electric Corp
By Bud Kirwan
Agatha
Otto Gunnesch
E. Henry ST
Page
Saline Reporter
Bolgos
Bolgos Dairy, Inc
Plymouth Road
Toya Gud’ Furniture
Ann Arbor-Saline
Pleasant Lake Road
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!