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...tragic cases of mental retardation in infants (there are about 1,000,000 such cases in the U.S.). The Los Angeles clinic's director, Dr. Richard Koch. 34, and consultant. Dr. Arthur H. Parmelee Sr.. 73, checked Mary Ann's physical history, tested her for motor ability, environmental adaptiveness and awareness. Dr. Parmelee told the parents that Mary Ann will be able to learn to dress and feed herself and play with other children, but at best will attain only the mentality of a six-or seven-year-old. The father blurted out: "I'll take...
Pint-Size Engine. American Motors has developed a 4-cylinder air-cooled engine weighing only 200 Ibs. v. Nash Rambler's 450-lb engine. Made largely of aluminum, the 62-h.p. motor occupies half the space of a conventional water-cooled auto engine. It will also be available next year in bigger units (6 and 8 cylinders) for use in autos, air-transported military vehicles, and stationary equipment, e.g., pumps, generators...
When British Motor Corp. (Morris and Austin) laid off 6,000 workers made "redundant" by the falling car sales abroad and at home, trade unions ordered 51,000 workers to quit in protest. Much to everyone's surprise, more than half the workers reported to work anyway, crashing through mass picket lines in trucks, fistfighting their way through the gates. Most of those fired quickly found other jobs in the Midlands. The unions, however, stubbornly held out for reinstatement of the whole lot. Yet mobility of labor is one of Britain's needs of the hour...
...release of her first recording in eleven years (Rockin' in the Rocket Room), mellowing (43) Songstress Frances Longford hove up to a Manhattan pier on the 118-ft. Chanticleer, an air-conditioned pleasure dome captained by her husband, Outboard Motor King Ralph Evinrude. On hand to greet the yachtsmen was Rockin's most conspicuous author, smilin' Cartoonist Zock Mosley, who normally writes the overage dialogue of comic-strip hero Smilin' Jack. Why had he ventured into the teenagers rock 'n' roll rhythm? Drawled well-preserved Mosley: "I'm hepper than most bobby-soxers...
Veteran Fund Raiser Heald will preside over the distribution of funds which have totaled more than $800 million since 1950. One of his earliest and most pleasant tasks: disbursement of the $260 million bonanza, deriving from last year's sale of Ford Motor Co. stock, to all accredited private colleges and universities-including $5,000,000 to N.Y.U...