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Over half of Cambridge's streets are 27 feet or less wide, curb to curb. On many of these, parking on both sides and two-way traffic is permitted. The average car is six feet three inches wide, and, parked within one foot of the curb, leaves less than thirteen feet for two cars whose width totals twelve and one half feet to pass...
...Bendix Aviation President Malcolm Ferguson: an unmanned earth satellite 200 miles out in space will be circling the globe at more than 2,000 m.p.h. Atom-powered planes will fly around the world. Portable two-way personal radios will be common, transmitting "in many cases picture as well as voice...
...started out in 1932 with 300 acres near Bakersfield, Calif., a borrowed tractor and four mules. Now they farm 5,600 acres of prime cotton land by machine. They have a cotton gin, 14 cotton pickers (costing $11,000 apiece), 24 tractors and eight trucks all equipped with two-way radios. Says John Bidart who also owns half-interest in a $7,000 plane used to spray the cotton: We couldn't get along without our radio communication We couldn't replace the radio with six good...
...With cars parked on both sides of Banks Street, which is two-way, only 12 feet 8 inches is left for the two-way traffic," Delancy explained to the unbelieving citizens...
...voice told him to go to another phone booth. There he found a typed note and a public locker key taped under the seat. In the locker at Portland's Union Station, he found a third note ordering him to hire a Yellow Cab (with no two-way radio) and drive on Highway 99E the 120 miles to Eugene, at 25 m.p.h. When a car behind flashed its lights three times, he was to throw out the suitcase and drive on five miles before turning back. If no headlight flashed, he was to return at 25 m.p.h. via Highway...