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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1976
Page
3
A 33 year old man blind for a decade can read braille five times faster using a device that links a computer to his brain. The system translates tactile braille into neural signals enabling rapid interpretation. Researchers report potential advances for assistive tech.
Craig, an Ogden Utah student, who lost sight after a head wound, sees lights and lines through 64 brain electrodes linked to a camera. Researchers from the University of Utah and Western Ontario report the six month study, with potential future glasses you wear to convert images into sight.
A federal judge on Tuesday issued a temporary order preventing the FDA from banning Red No 2. The dye, used in hot dogs cherries and many cosmetics, faced an immediate halt to the proposed restriction while the court reviews the case.
Ricketts finishes Nuclear Power School at Naval Sea Center Bainbridge and earns top one third in class. He transfers to Nuclear Power Training Unit in Schenectady for advance training. Also notes SP5 William S. Edens arriving in Germany for a tour with the U.S. Army and his background.
Smith and Carper families are listed as graduates and service members. Mitchell B Smith Jr. completed Marine recruit training at Parris Island and is stationed at Mildenhall England with the Air Force Communications Service. John S Carper Jr. is a communications equipment repair specialist and a 1960 James Wood High School graduate. A court halted an FDA ban on Red No 2 pending a Feb 6 hearing.
Socialite Dorothy White Wynne must pay 800 dollars a month alimony to ex husband Joseph J. Wynne who accused her of marrying for money. Wynne appeals the ruling calling it unfair and Wynne described their seven year marriage as frigid with no affection.
John Lee Pratt, 96, former GM executive and philanthropist, left the bulk of his estimated $60 million estate to Virginia colleges and universities. The University of Virginia Virginia Tech and Washington and Lee University receive 20 shares each. Randolph-Macon Woman’s College 10 shares. four shares to five other colleges. Johns Hopkins 10 shares. Funds cover faculty salaries scholarships and research, with restrictions on building use and state appropriations. any unspent gifts revert to Washington and Lee University. Pratt deeded Chatham Manor to the government for preservation. NPS hopes to make it a Civil War Union army advance site stop.
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