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...York's modest but comfortable Republican organization, normally outnumbered by more than two to one at the polls, to win itself an election if it could find a colorful, aggressive candidate. Instead, the G.O.P. bosses picked Acting New York City Postmaster Harold Riegelman, 60, a competent and colorless New York lawyer, active in civic affairs, who has been chief counsel of the Citizens' Budget Commission for the last 21 years. Riegelman, a colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, did not immediately accept the nomination, but he declared earlier, "There is nothing a New Yorker should not drop...
Stubborn Sterilizer. A new germicide that will keep surgical instruments sterile for months has been put on sale by Chicago's U.S. Movidyne Corp. Odorless, tasteless and colorless, a few drops of movidyne inside a canteen or food container will sterilize its contents for several weeks, despite repeated refillings and daily washing. Price...
...reaching this conclusion," he added "the Faculty does not regard the refusal to answer questions as either colorless or unimportant. It greatly regrets the course of conduct followed by these students. If they have in fact committed an offense, this should be handled by public authority...
...Laurier House, crystal ball and all, as a museum and place of historical research. He left the 500 rolling acres of Kingsmere, ruins and all, to be added to the adjoining Gatineau National Park. Tens of thousands of Canadians now visit the two places, learning to think of their colorless Prime Minister as one of the most colorful Canadians of all time...
...Food Fair's 24 supermarkets in Philadelphia installed DiGiTab, a fingerprinting device. If the cashier is suspicious of a check, he asks the customer To leave a fingerprint which is then attached to the check. DiGiTab's machine takes the print in a few seconds with a colorless, odorless, stainless ink. Where installed DiGiTab has frightened forgers away. In the past five months, Milwaukee's Krambo Stores cashed 108,000 good checks totaling more than $5,000,000. It did get stuck for $250 worth, all cashed by the same forger, but DiGiTab helped nab him. Rental...