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...Williams did not have as many free-throw opportunities and the number of penalties began to show. The varsity gained a ten point lead after 16 minutes of the second half and were never in real trouble after that. Junior John Fox sank a long corner shot as the buzzer sounded to give the Crimson an even 80 points...
Lyndon Johnson's mental alarm clock went off just before 7 o'clock. He swept his long black hair out of his eyes, smoothed it over the thinning area on top of his head. Then he pushed the bedside buzzer for Cook Zephyr Wright to bring up his tomato juice, pink Texas grapefruit, venison sausage (made from a deer Johnson shot last fall) and half a cup of Sanka. He devoured his breakfast, along with the latest Congressional Record, its ink still wet enough to stain his fingers. By 7:30 he was in the bathroom, working...
...Yardlings were also active over the weekend. In a game decided after the buzzer had already sounded, the freshmen lost to New Hampshire...
...Pocket Buzzer. Bell Telephone of Pennsylvania is testing a pocket buzzer to call people out of range of standard telephone bells to the phone. Operated by radio signal from the telephone company's office, the pocket buzzer emits a high-pitched hum whenever the subscriber is wanted, signaling him to head for the nearest phone. Service is being used by doctors, newspapermen, plumbers, salesmen and TV servicemen, in the Bethlehem-Allentown area. Cost: $10 a month for up to 80 calls, 5? extra for each additional call...
Tornado Alarm. To predict local tornadoes, which often come up too suddenly for the Weather Bureau to forecast, Tornado, Inc., of Oklahoma City, will soon market a barometer with an electrical contact point that sets off an alarm buzzer when atmospheric pressure dips to a dangerous level. Battery-powered signal is small enough to fit in the glove compartment of a car, will give 20 minutes' notice of tornado-producing conditions, says the inventor. Price...