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...boxy little (1,730 Ibs.) electric car will carry two passengers at speeds up to 25 m.p.h. Its twelve conventional six-volt lead-acid batteries will drive it for 50 miles at a cost of about 10 a mile, can be recharged in eight hours through a cord plugged into ordinary house current. Many motorists may balk at joining the Westinghouse rebellion, since the car, which will sell for "under $2,-000," will need $300 worth of new batteries every two years. Still Westinghouse claims that it already has orders in hand for the minimum 500 Markettes it will produce...
...spectacle features Finley's distinctive double-clutch lecture shuffle: from the podium two steps to the left, a pause, an extension of the right foot accompanied by a sweep of the hand, a snap of the microphone cord, two steps back to the right, a resting of the right arm on the podium and a flourishing of the left arm in a classic pose. Some are amused. But by the end of the fall term, only 200 of the 500 students in the course were attending lectures...
...FUTILE LIFE OF PITO PEREZ by José Rubén Romero, translated by William O. Cord. 151 pages. Prentice-Hall...
...produced by David Wolper. It traces the course of China from 1850 to 1950, and while it fails to cope with the current maelstrom, it is a remarkably good slice of history. Wednesday, February 1 BOB HOPE PRESENTS THE CHRYSLER THEATER (NBC, 9-10 p.m.).-Bradford Dillman and Alex Cord play billiards for a fortune and Jean Simmons...
Many cases of meningitis are caused by viruses, but by far the most deadly is the bacterial form. The disease, which causes inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, often strikes without warning and can kill a husky young man within hours. Fatal in at least 10% of cases, it understandably causes public panic when it breaks out. Yet, little is known about it or about the best way to treat it. In fact, careful studies have only served to deepen some of its mysteries. But, as the University of Southern California's Dr. Paul...