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Vicarious & Tantalizing. The key to the cross-country psychedelic-accessory explosion probably lies not in how many items can be used by the trip taker but in how few. The dedicated drug user may have some use for the paraphernalia. But many shoppers who intend trying nothing stronger than a Bloody Mary find that the clashing, primary-colored psychedelic fabrics, the bold, wobbly colors of posters advertising Light Shows and the glittering kaleidoscopes and prism glasses offer them a vicarious if tantalizing hint of what the authentic acidhead sees when he is away on a trip...
...steel industry had shown even more restraint: its price move on tubular products, which comprised 10% of the industry's output, was the first such increase in eight years. Even so, baffled economists pointed out that it came at a time when the construction industry, a major user of steel pipe, is in decline. Moreover, it seemed to ignore the growing competition from foreign steelmakers, who accounted for about 10% of all sales in the U.S. last year. There is a suspicion in Washington that steel, for one, may yet have to rescind its price increases-not so much...
...Thriving Independents" [July 8], TIME notes that "to many a telephone user, it comes as a surprise to learn that even small independent companies have modern equipment and first-rate service." To enlarge upon this: the independents are responsible for most of the innovations and advancements in telephone exchange facilities. The dial telephone was developed and in general use among independent companies long before it was adopted by Bell. Another feature in general use by independents for half a century (but not yet used by Bell) is full selective ringing on rural multiparty lines. Independents introduced the handset or cradle...
...mechanical muscles that would give its user the strength of a giant, enabling him to lift 1,500-lb. loads with a minimum of effort. Nick named HardiMan, the machine is being developed by General Electric under a joint Army-Navy contract. Attached to the operator at his feet, forearms and waist, the steel-framed, pincer-armed skeleton mimics and amplifies its user's movements, could be used for bomb loading, underwater salvage and a variety of other functions, both military and civilian...
...many a telephone user, it comes as a surprise to learn that not all U.S. telephones belong to Mother Bell; others are startled to discover that even small independent companies like Gentsch's have modern equipment and first-rate service. The Bell System and its 23 subsidiary operating companies own 84% of the nation's 94 million telephones, but the percentage is dropping. The remaining phones belong to 2,423 independent companies, largely centered in the Midwest, Far West and South-along with all of Hawaii and Alaska. The independents last year had combined revenues of $1.7 billion...