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Science fiction? Not according to Trevor O. Jones, automotive-safety products director for General Motors' AC Electronics Division. He has developed and already built a prototype of a physiological tester that, installed in the dashboard, can judge a driver's condition and−if necessary−prevent him from starting his car. If the electronic device proves effective in tests this summer with volunteers from Marquette University School of Medicine, it may some day be standard safety equipment in U.S. automobiles...
...Before long, he was expelled from the Czechoslovak army (in which he had the rank of colonel), pushed out of his job as an athletic trainer and thrown out of the Communist Party. To support himself and his wife, Zátopek got a position as a well tester on a surveying team. When he was fired from that, too, Zátopek took the lowly job of a garbage collector in Prague...
...Star of the Year (moviewise) and Performing Animal Television Star of the Year (televisionwise). Sponsor of the event is the American Humane Association, watchdog body that protects animals from cruel treatment on TV and movie sets. The judges are newspaper columnists, but neither Price Waterhouse nor a saliva tester authenticates the ballots. The master of ceremonies was a human TV personality, Woody Woodbury, who may go far if the past is any portent. The first M.C., back in 1951, was Ronald Reagan, whom fans will remember for his smooth presentation of the top Patsy Award to Francis the talking mule...
...book moves confidently through the intricate levers and whirling spherical typeheads of IBM electric typewriters; it clarifies the complexities of a jukebox and explains the coin tester that automatically rejects slugs by weighing, measuring and magnetically testing the metallic makeup of every coin that drops into the slot. It not only describes how a home vacuum cleaner functions but also spells out the difference between less expensive and higher-quality machines...
...Department of Transportation and other federal agencies are now considering a preliminary proposal for passenger and cargo tests of an aircraft that could put the spring back in short-hop air travel. The tester: New York Airways, operator of a helicopter shuttle between Manhattan and nearby air ports. The plane: the Breguet 941, a spectacular French STOL (short takeoff and landing aircraft), with the capabili ty of handling passengers at points much closer to the centers of cities...