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...engines and parts for the space shuttle, it was a late convert to the electronic office. Until five years ago, the company's secretaries did not even have word processors. Near the close of the 1970s, maverick engineers and finance people began bootlegging Apple and Radio Shack PCs (personal computers) into corporate headquarters. Soon more than 100 unofficial desktop machines had appeared. Now the office help works on more than 600 company-bought computers...
...early users discovered that the PC misplaced decimal points in certain computations, a flaw quickly corrected. But Opel felt no need to be defensive. Said he: "We added real value to that machine, and we will add more as we go along. The performance characteristics are quite unique." With PCs now selling at a brisker rate than ever, the marketplace apparently agreed that IBM had built the Cadillac of the 1982 class...
...this kind of help. There you have a chance to talk personally with a counselor who will help you to decide on the best alternative for your situation. They have personally visited all the clinics to which they make referrals, and will share their information. There is no fee: PCS operates on voluntary contributions...
Room 13 is another source of information. We have literature describing the four types of safe medical abortions. We have a copy of the Massachusetts law on abortion. One of us is a counselor trained at PCS, and will be happy to discuss the various safe, legal options with anyone in need of help. Call any night, 495-4969. The resources in this community are more than adequate to help anyone with a problem pregnancy...
...General MacArthur's chief air officer, Lieut. General George E. Stratemeyer, was somewhere on the West Coast, on his way back from service on an officers' selection board in Washington. The chief of naval operations for the South Korean navy was in Pearl Harbor, picking up some PCs turned over by the U.S. Vice-Admiral Arthur D. Struble, boss of the U.S. Seventh (Asiatic) Fleet, was a long hop from his Manila headquarters: he had flown to Washington, B.C. to attend the marriage of his daughter...