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...Electric Floor Washer. A lightweight electric floor washer that wet-scrubs floors and vacuum-dries them will be put on sale next month by the Hoover Co., North Canton, Ohio. Its motor creates a suction to pick up dirty water after the floor is scrubbed by nylon brushes. Price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Aug. 24, 1959 | 8/24/1959 | See Source »

Just before she went onstage as Lady Macbeth at Boston's brand-new, nylon-roofed arena theater last week, Irish Actress Siobhan McKenna sent a note to her costar, Jason Robards Jr. "Dear Macbeth," she wrote. "It's funny that after all these years I haven't got to know your first name. I want you to know that yours is the most moving and truly poetic Macbeth I have ever known." When the play was finished, apart from critics who claimed to miss polish and high oratorical style, the cheering audience was willing to go Siobhan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STAGE: Sound & Fury | 8/10/1959 | See Source »

Pinless Diapers. Diapers fastened with tabs of Velcro, a nonmetallic. Zipper-like fastener made of tiny nylon eyes and hooks (TIME, Sept. 8), will be put on sale by the Riegel Textile Corp. of Manhattan. Adjustable in size, the diapers can be secured by pressing two tabs together. Price: $3 for a box of three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Aug. 10, 1959 | 8/10/1959 | See Source »

...darted into a clearing. His top worry of the day was checking the waters of the Pigeon, Hominy, Davidson and other rivers to be sure that they were flowing silt-free; miles below three North Carolina communities and some of the state's biggest paper, cellophane, rayon and nylon plants were depending on a steady 100 million gallons daily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. National Forests: The Greatest Good of the Greatest Number | 7/20/1959 | See Source »

...theatre is of circular shape. It has a tilted, inflated, lens-shaped nylon roof 145 feet in diameter. The stage is flexible enough to accomodate either proscenium productions or three-quarters-arena shows. The seating capacity is approximately...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Governor Opens New Arts Center Theatre | 7/16/1959 | See Source »

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