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...normal pumping beat (TIME, Nov. 30, 1962). The most notable drawback is that this has usually required the preliminary use of general anesthesia, which is dangerous for heart patients. Now, in the New England Journal of Medicine, two George Washington University doctors report that a simpler and safer substitute for general anesthesia is readily available...
...cars go on sale in the nation's showrooms this week and next, and the emphasis is on greater length, luxury, power. Gone in '66 are the vestiges of the stripped-down, utilitarian look, though the new models seem safer and more efficient than any of their predecessors. Aiming for a fifth straight year of increased sales, Detroit has concluded that Americans-richer and more style-conscious than ever-want fancier cars...
...with public ity. "Patting you on the back," snapped Charlie, "doesn't put butter on my ta ble. It doesn't feed the family." And nothing seems to keep bandits out of his shop. The only way to do that, Charlie figures, is to get into some safer business - like police work...
Nervous and emotional, uncertain and perhaps a bit illogical, the stock market lost another $8 billion in paper values last week. Small investors sold more shares than they bought; big institutions stuffed their steadily rising funds into safer, short-term Treasury bills or corporate bonds and just waited. The Dow-Jones industrial average fell for four days in a row, struggled up just a bit in the final session, and closed at 864-down 16½ points for the week.* Everybody on Wall Street was waiting for news from Washington and looking for a firmer fix on three uncertainties that...
Force-Feeding. The major contention of the Senate subcommittee was that the automen, with little loss in profits, could make cars safer, reduce the highway death toll that this year will be about 50,000. The hearings were called to consider several bills, some of which would force the companies to build safety devices into cars. Industry leaders argued that they have already done much, and are doing more to increase safety, but that consumers are unwilling to pay for safety features. "If we were to force on people things that they are not prepared to buy," said Donner...