Voice of Radio Past Shaped by Jackson Beck
New York performer Jackson Beck defined early radio drama voicing Superman Cisco Kid and Gang Busters. He recalls radio as theater of imagination and laments its decline in the 1950s. Beck notes actors’ freelance lives, quick shifts between roles, and the thrill of sound effects and storytelling.
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Lionel C. Bascom
NEW York
UPI
Jackson Beck
Beck
Man of Steel
Cisco Kid
Philo Vance
Dick Tracy
California
Luxury cars on display at CamelView Plaza exhibition
A special 1975 luxury auto show runs at CamelView Plaza Mall 6900 E Camelback Rd from Monday through May 3. Sponsored by the CamelView Plaza Merchants Association the exhibit features Maserati Jensen Lamborghini Jaguar Lincoln Continental Mark IV Mercedes Rolls Royce and Cadillac models. Admission is free during mall hours.
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CamelView Plaza
Camelback Rd
Maserati
Lamborghini
Jaguar
Mercedes
Rolls
Royce
Cadillac
Solar power push spurs a wave of solar tech aims
The article notes a surge in solar heating and cooling research spurred by oil shortages and policy shifts. IBM reports a tungsten surface that blocks reflection and holds heat at high temperatures while Corning promotes vacuum-tube collectors. Barber-Nichols and Allied Chemical discuss solar powered cooling and hydrogen storage via metallic hydrides for on demand heat.
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United States
IBM
Allied Chemical Corp
Windmills seen as potential large scale electricity source
Ugo Coty and Michael Dubey of Lockheed California argue wind turbine technology could reduce fossil fuel costs and spark a $20 billion national market by the 1980s and 1990s. A NASA backed test at Plumb Brook Station will use 125 foot rotors to generate 100 kilowatts starting late July near Sandusky Ohio.
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Ugo Coty
Lockheed California
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Lockheed
Coty
NASA
Plumb Brook Station
Sandusky
Ohio
Lucky Gemco finalists named in eighth annual scholarship contest
Fifteen area high school students earned U S Savings Bond awards as finalists and runners-up in the Gemco and Lucky Scholarship contest. Thirty eight Gemco contestants and 36 Lucky contestants represented metropolitan high schools. top winners received 1500 scholarships, with additional 1000 and 500 awards.
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U.S. Savings Bond
Gemco
Margaret Brieh
Gerard High
Mark Phillips
Phoenix Country Day School
John Couleur
Scottsdale High
Jeff Christianson
Saguaro
Julie McNeely
Arcadia
Jamie Brody
Coronado
Manik Roy
East High
Kimberly Hainge
Paradise Valley High
Brian Petersen
Chaparral High
Brock Bazzell
Christy Miller
Christopher Willllsin
Ware Hartwell
Julie Cart
Janet Brooks
Chaparral
Matthew Janowski
Central High
James Baumann
Mesa High
What causes Bell's palsy and its treatment
Bell's palsy arises from inflammation around the facial nerve behind the ear causing muscle paralysis. Most cases improve on their own in days or weeks with eye protection at night and facial massage while a splint supports the drooping side. Biofeedback and hypnosis differ. biofeedback trains conscious control of body functions.
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Bell
Scottsdale Community College opens summer session for grads
Scottsdale Community College invites high school graduates to enroll in six to twelve credits this summer. Two daytime sessions run June 2 to July 3 and July 7 to August 7 with an evening session June 2 to July 24. Students can take up to six credits per session and may combine day and evening but cannot exceed nine credits at one time. total summer credits capped at twelve. Fall options include continuing at SCC or transferring credits to another college or university.
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Scottsdale Community College
SCC
Doubler's Boomerang In Swiss Team Championship
In the Fall National Tournament's Swiss Team event in San Antonio West faced overbidding opponents who bid four spades after his weak response. He doubled for a sure plus but wild distribution ruined his aces and kings leaving only the trump ace and ace.
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San Antonio
West
Four Spades Doubled Contract Delivers 190-Point Swing
In a bridge drill, Pavlicek of Miami avoided a double and bid both minors. The four spades contract was doubled and made, swing 590 minus 400 equals 190 points, as heavy minor-suit splits favored Pavlicek's side despite the redouble.
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West
Richard Pavlicek
Miami
Pavlicek
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Cliff Smith
Copley News Service
Arthur D. Little, Inc
International Business Machines Corp
Corning Glass Works
Corning
Barber-Nichols Engineering Co
Denver
Honeywell, Inc
Michael Dubey
New Energy Research and Development Administration
Lucky
William Goldway
Copley Nears
First Avenue
Hugh
Mulligan
Walter Mitty
Twondere
Fanous
Roger Brothers
Silver Spoon & Fork
RCA
Fise
Scottsdale RD
Iaa G. Corner
King of Diamonds
J. Milton Newton, Inc
North Central Avenue Financial Center
Phoenix
Arizona
SORGS
Scottsdale
Sunburst Hotel
N. Scottsdale Rd
St. Petersburg
Tampa
Ft. Lauderdale
Orlando
Jacksonville
Houston
Jackson, Miss
Tucson
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