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...Bernard J. Miller, 35, co-inventor of a fully automatic artificial heart...
Individuals are honored by KFDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt), WEVD (Socialist Eugene V. Debs), WABD (Inventor Alien B. Du Mont) and WRGB (Dr. W.R.G. Baker of General Electric). Some stations go in for slogans: the Chicago Tribune has long called itself the "World's Greatest Newspaper," and its radio station is consequently labeled WGN; station WIOD in Miami symbolizes "Wonderful Isle of Dreams," and Atlanta's WSB means "Welcome South, Brother." Other appropriate call letters: the coyote howl of KIYI for Shelby, Mont.; KENO for gambling-mad Las Vegas, and KAVE for New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns...
Still, the new ones are a remarkable echo of the old. Coincidence is used just as recklessly; the old fictional virtues of pluck and luck dominate every page. But Tom Jr. has it all over his proud dad as an inventor. Where the old hero aroused the admiration of his fans by changing the gear ratio to get unheard-of speed out of his motorcycle, his son completes a revolutionary radioactivity detector overnight. In 1910, Tom had his readers chewing their nails when he ascended in a crude dirigible. In 1954's Tom Swift and His Flying...
...major, advertising, contract selling, all the white collar occupations are available' here as in any other industry. Good selling and desk jobs need filling for the aviation people in todays' complicated business environment, but companies don't scout for men to fill them. The search is for the future inventor of an economical rocket, a foolproof de-icer, or a radical new wing design...
Hardening Arteries. He began to look for a new machine for a relatively unmechanized market. A.M.F. got the patent rights for a crude model of a pinspotting machine from Fred Schmidt, the inventor, even though nobody before had ever succeeded in perfecting such a device. Finally, after 14 years, a satisfactory model was produced...