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...land unless racialism is banished." Summoning a caucus of his dominant United Rhodesia Party, he told the legislators: "The vote must be "given to those Africans who have earned the right of being called civilized and responsible persons." His suggestion: Give the vote to all Africans who have reached "Standard Eight" level of education-corresponding roughly to the sophomore year in high school-whether they meet the income requirement or not. To mollify the conservatives, Todd conceded that for those not qualifying under this "special" educational dispensation, the income requirement should be kept at $56 (which excludes...
Simple monaural tape, in which the sound is filtered into a single track as in a standard record, was once expected to replace disks (tape deteriorates far less easily in playing and is free of surface noise). The fact is that monaural tape simply does not' produce better sound than the best LPs; it also costs three or four times as much. Quite another matter is stereophonic tape, which channels the sound into two tracks and plays it back over two speakers, giving an illusion of depth and space. Victor started to produce prerecorded stereo tapes three years...
CADILLAC will have a new hood, grille, fenders and rear quarter panels, bear a strong resemblance to the $13,074 (f.o.b. Detroit) Cadillac Eldorado Brougham. Dual headlights and air suspension will be standard items. Cadillac will also have, a fuel injection system...
MERCURY will be toned down for a more subdued appearance, will get a bigger (383 cu. in.) engine and a new prestige model called the Olympian with a 125-in. wheelbase v. 122 for standard Monterey and Montclair lines...
...point needles produced by a new, cost-cutting automated process were put on national sale by Walco Products, Inc. Walco will treble output to 3,000,000 needles a year, price them so low that makers of medium-priced hi-fi sets can afford to supply diamond needles as standard equipment. Retail price...