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Ceiling Stand. A Christmas-tree stand that holds the tree from the ceiling instead of the floor was put on sale by Roger Products, Inc., Milwaukee. The tree will not tip over even if moppets climb it. The stand consists of a curtain rod, to which the tree trunk is fastened, with a suction cup on one end to hold the rod to the ceiling. Cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Nov. 5, 1956 | 11/5/1956 | See Source »

...searched for a reason for it. After studying their diet, he decided that their euphoria is due to one of their favorite dishes: big beetles and their larvae, the size of small sausages. A lucky Pygmy may find as many as 100 larvae in a riddled tree trunk. He bakes them with hot stones in a hole in the ground (New England clambake technique), and when he has eaten his fill, he feels as contented as a Hollywood agent tranquilized with Miltown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Beetle Eaters | 10/22/1956 | See Source »

...slice of the world's best air route, Northeast had one of the weakest claims. A CAB examiner had recommended Delta; New York City and Baltimore had officially endorsed Pan Am. Northeast's very weakness, however, turned out to be its strength. It was the only domestic trunk-line still on Government subsidy, receiving $1.8 million from Washington every year, and CAB felt that it had a mandate to get all U.S. airlines off subsidy and flying on their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Off to Miami | 8/20/1956 | See Source »

...weekend hideout is his luxurious estate at Melgar. Since he acquired the place, millions of government pesos have gone into improving the highway that links it with Bogota, the nation's capital, and millions more have been allotted for a rail spur from Melgar to the nearest railroad trunk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLOMBIA: Prosperous President | 7/16/1956 | See Source »

HARDTOP CONVERTIBLES with tops that slide down into recessed area over trunk are being tested by both Ford and Chevrolet. Ford is expected to unveil such a car this fall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Jul. 16, 1956 | 7/16/1956 | See Source »

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