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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...program added up to a good job of tabloid reporting. While the facts were scarcely new, the anonymous voices (disguised by electronic gadgets to prevent identification) made for excitement. The show was a sample of a growing form of radio journalism, used in the past on CBS's report on juvenile delinquency and on the Murphy-Galindez case. Despite its authenticity and immediacy, the trouble with such reporting is apt to be lack of evaluation. The Business of Sex raised but never attempted to answer the crucial question of whether the use of prostitutes in business is "an isolated...
...high. For the carnage trade there were still costlier craft, including Matthews' 42-ft., double-cabin cruiser at $53,000, and Wheeler's 43-ft., flying-bridge sedan at $55,000. But, more than ever, boat builders emphasized economy to lure more middle-income families, made wider use of low-cost, low-upkeep plastics and fiber glass. The percentage of fiberglass craft in the show has doubled since 1957; this year 150 of the 430 vessels were of fiber glass...
...down. Rhode Island's Pearson Corp. showed off its 28-ft., six-berth auxiliary sloop, Peerless Triton, priced at $9,750, and Cape Cod Shipbuilding exhibited its 23-ft. sloop-rigged Marlin cruising sailboat, which has done well in midget ocean-racing. For those who want to use boats as homes, Evinrude motors displayed a prototype expand-at-will, fiberglass, aluminum and wood houseboat that floats on pontoons, is made up of two or more interlocking 7-ft. by 11-ft. cabins or decks that are expected to retail below $2,000 per pair...
...which a computer could be applied. "Almost all computers," says Albert Sperry, president of Panellit, Inc., whose business is making automation controls, "are run by the accountants," simply because the most obvious applications are for statistical jobs. Computers are usually put to work first on payroll jobs, which already use highly mechanized punch-card systems. While the computer can often do the work more quickly, it does not pay to put it on a task that is being done efficiently...
Portable Stop Light. A portable, radio-controlled traffic light that fits into the trunk of a car was demonstrated by Porta-Signal Division of Dryomatic Corp. of Alexandria, Va. Designed for police use at school crossings, traffic jams, the light can be set to flash red or amber as a warning, or preset for a variety of green-amber-red cycles. It can also be operated by radio. Price...