Industry's New Gadgets Head Toward Consumer Use
AP reports industry innovations shrinking the gap to households. Tiny cameras and tape recorders, compact batteries, and portable radios move from factories to stores as makers adapt military and industrial tech for home use. Examples include nylon tire cord, neoprene coatings, Vulcatex caulk, and self-lifting air cushions.
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AP Business News
New York
Marconi
Willis Carrier
du Pont
Sun Chemical
Philip Carey Manufacturing Co
Republic Steel
Curtiss-Wright
Brown Eyes Tied to Pain From Dental Drill, Australian Study
Australian dental researcher Philip R. N. Sutton reports in Nature that people with blue or light-colored irises endure dental drilling with less analgesic use than brown eyed individuals. Among 403 Australians, 53 percent with dark brown eyes sought pain relief versus 0 for grayish-blue eyes.
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Science Service
London
Philip R. N. Sutton
Dental
University of Melbourne
Australia
Nature
Sutton
Stephenson News Briefs Highlights Local Church Mission Study
An all day session on mission study was held at the Stephenson church for junior classes under Mrs. Beavers Mrs. Morrison and Mrs. Armel with Judy Morrison and Judy Lupton assisting. A follow up talk by Miss Mable Taylor of Clarke County covered missionary work in Mexico.
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Stephenson
Stephenson Church
F. C. Beavers
W. A. Morrison
L. G. Armel
Judy Morrison
Judy Lupton
Mable Taylor
Clarke County
Methodist Church
Mexico
W. R. Withers
Stephenon Myf
Capron Methodist Church
J. S. Peebles
Carol Day
Philip la Follette
Jean Fiddler
Bill Orndorff
Dot Martin
Betty Stillwell
Freeda
Garland Miller
Garland
R. O. Anderson
Carol Sue
Miss Powell
Kernstown
Dorothy Anderson
Women's Society of Christian Service
Randolph- Macon
Woman’s College
Lynchburg
William Eshelman
Martha Ann
Roland Tharp
F. A. Cochrar
Swimley
Firefighters Sparked by Soda Tricks Fight Townson Blaze
In Townson Maryland a harsh fire along Joppa Road challenged responders. Michael Selsi and James Rice used half a case of carbonated water from their soft drink truck to douse the flames by shaking and releasing the bottles one by one.
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Townson, Md
Joppa Road
Michael Selsi
James Rice
Selsi
Rice
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