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...been impatient because the country's 26 experimental stations have not reached a large public because amateurs have had difficulty in buying proper receiving sets. He consulted William S. Hedges, president of the Chicago Daily News radio station WMAQ. He said that if the Daily News would construct a television broadcasting station, Libby McNeill & Libby would pay for the broadcasting. Last week the station, W9XAP, was practically finished (cost $30,000). It is an experimental station, because the Government will not yet issue commercial television permits. Shrewdly did Mr. Hedges circumvent the rules. He has hooked W9XAP to WMAQ...
...Cambridge City Council last night voted five to three to allow Charles Stark Draper Laboratories to construct a 132 foot bridge over Broadway linking two of their buildings...
...book does have two strengths: the intrigue of the subject and the author's ability to quickly construct scenes. Michener is at his best when describing the homier aspects of Polish life; his 17th century wedding festival is the strongest scene in the book. He specifies which section of the slaughtered pig is eaten by which class, and how they cook it, as well as the music, dancing, costumes, and ceremonies which make up the rest of the celebration. But that sort of immediacy is missing in most of his scenes; a potentially lively and fascinating topic literally suffocates under...
...Harley Hotel, which is co-owned by Multimillionaire Harry Helmsley iron spikes were installed in seating areas, which kept people out of the public space. After a protest last month, the spikes were removed. Builders of an office tower on the fashionable East Side were given permission to construct additional floors on the condition that they improve the nearby subway station and put in a small shopping area. The extra floors went on the building, but the local improvements have not all been made. The New York City Planning Commission has now taken the developers to court in an effort...
...support troops helped to airlift Honduran soldiers to an area near the Nicaraguan border and to construct a new military base...