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...alert, and they had separate nervous systems. Their circulatory systems also seemed separate, and each girl had her own genitourinary tract. But their lower intestines were connected, and X rays showed that the bone structure of their lower spines and the tough dural membrane that covers the spinal cord were joined...
...Music. Columbia Records brought out a small (7 in. by 7 in.), box-enclosed speaker with a long extension cord which can be plugged into its new "360" phonograph (TIME, Dec. 22, 1952) as an auxiliary speaker. The music, coming from both the phonograph and extra speaker, "surrounds" the listener and is reproduced with a richer tone. Price...
Nylon Tires. Three tire companies-Firestone, Goodrich and U.S. Rubber-announced their first nylon cord tires (Goodyear has had one since April). Firestone's is the first tubeless nylon tire, while Goodrich brought out a nylon truck tire, with a tread 46% thicker than usual, which it says will last up to 100,000 miles. U.S. Rubber claims its nylon passenger tire has 95% more bruise resistance than standard tires. Prices run 6% to 15% higher than regular tire lines...
Well-fed, and beaming with good humor, Harry Truman met the press, felt the cloth of a reporter's cord suit and allowed as how he had one just like it. A reporter wanted to know what he had to say about rumors that McKinney might be called back as Democratic national chairman. "I'd be in complete agreement," said Truman. "Frank's the best chairman the party ever had." Then, as if he suddenly realized that this would not be sweet music to the unhappy ears of Democratic National Chairman Steve Mitchell, Truman tried (with little...
...income taxes in Nevada. Then, well armed with the names and idiosyncrasies of wealthy prospects, he set out to sell bankrupt ranches as tax havens, and was soon transplanting millionaires to Nevada's soil-e.g., Bing Crosby, Max Fleischmann, Bronx Politico Ed Flynn, Automobile Magnate Errett Lobban Cord, Stock Broker Dean Witter...