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...idea of number as a common property of the sets; then the child can move on to grasp the symbolism of numbers expressed as numerals. He sees that for convenience the first ten symbols may be recombined for numbers greater than nine. He may also learn that each digit (say in 326) has a "place value" ten times that of its neighbor to the right (three hundreds, two tens, six ones). He discovers the wonder of that great ancient invention, zero, the "place holder" that allows infinite expansions (606 would be simply 66 without...
...Western-style dress to give his State-of-the-Union message to Congress, President Johnson urges that the moon be renamed "Kennedy" and then invites all legislators and their wives to a "real slambang" pit barbecue on the White House Lawn. The Bell Telephone Company announces that five-digit postal ZIP codes will be substituted for three-digit area codes "in order to lessen the number of codes a person must remember...
...York Telephone Co. is previewing a new "TouchTone" phone, which replaces the familiar dial with a bank of ten buttons. A seven-digit number (providing one can remember it) may be punched out in an estimated two to five seconds, compared with an average ten seconds for dialing...
...should be allowed to underwrite state and municipal revenue bonds, and with the Securities and Exchange Commission over whether bank stocks should be regulated by the SEC. Last spring, after Saxon asked regional banking supervisors to drum up support for him among the national bankers, he came within a digit of being sacked by President Kennedy...
...launched Accelerated Business Collection-Delivery (ABCD), a service in which letters mailed in any of 273 cities by 11 a.m. are delivered to any point in the downtown section of the city by 3 p.m. the same day. Day's recently inaugurated Zone Improvement Plan (ZIP), using five-digit codes affixed by the sender, is designed to speed mail service by pinpointing exactly how the letter should be routed-through one of ten U.S. regions, and on to states, cities, towns, postal zones or even large office buildings. Already in use by advertising mailers, ZIP eliminates as many...