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...minute or two, crossed out a few words, then flung the tablet on the desk and began talking, ranging over a wide variety of subjects, both personal and political. He was concerned about the Eisenhower budget, felt that it was unrealistically balanced and that all the red ink to follow would be blamed on the new Administration. He was pleased with his Cabinet: "I've got good men. It looks good." He was sure that Lyndon Johnson would do well in his new job, though he was worried about Johnson's weight (L.B.J. has lost 30 Ibs. since...
...Drop of Ink. From his rigorous criticism of such peace mechanisms as exist, one might expect Jaspers to lose hope for the future. Quite the contrary. Fatalism and despair, he argues, rise from certainties that are not really certain. If one atom bomb is dropped, there is no certainty that all will be dropped or that every last man will perish. If humanity is blackmailed into totalitarian slavery out of fear of the bomb, there is also no certainty that in tortuous, labyrinthine ways, man would not eventually recover his freedom...
BESTSELLING CIGARETTE is Pall Mall, according to Printers' Ink survey. Pall Mall overtook Camel, which dropped to No. 2. Salem moved up from seventh in 1959 to sixth, Marlboro from tenth to ninth. The 1960 order: Pall Mall, Camel, Winston, Lucky Strike, Kent, Salem, Chesterfield, L & M, Marlboro, Viceroy...
...together, hitching components from National Cash Register Co. and Pitney-Bowes to its own computer, which it programed to process checks and do bank bookkeeping. To mark checks for use in the system, the Stanford researchers devised a set of stylized Arabic numerals* printed them in magnetic ink so that no matter how a check is folded or crumpled the numbers can still be read by ERMA. Subsequently the American Bankers Association approved the Stanford method for use in all member banks...
...will get a big boost from the Federal Reserve System, which is starting to convert its check clearinghouses in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston and San Francisco to automated systems. The Fed is expected to pressure other banks diplomatically to fall into line, start using the preceded magnetic-ink checks...