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...This is a slightly unusual request," says Dr. Wagner. "As far as I know, it's the first time anyone's been asked to supply a Tibetan monastery with an Automatic Sequence Computer. Could you explain just what you intend to do with...
...Gladly," replies the questing lama. His lamasery has been occupied for 300 years with but one project-finding and listing j the 9 billion names of God. The explanation satisfies Dr. Wagner and he packs the Mark V Computer off to Tibet with two technicians, George and Chuck. As "electromatic" typewriters tap out the giant brain's findings, George and Chuck begin to have qualms. The high lama believes that the world will come to an end when Mark V emits the 9 billionth name of God. What if the monks turn violent when the Last Trump fails...
...fervent campaign to sell the small car to the U.S., Romney has missed no chance to trumpet his cause. Last week he got another chance-at the expense of New York City's Mayor Robert Wagner. The mayor sternly called on Detroit to quit making cars bigger, and in letters to carmakers decried the "continuing burdens" that big cars are placing on cities. In the same space, parking lots can handle 15% fewer cars than ten years ago, said he, while prewar garages handle 40% less...
Romney loudly agreed, then added a snapper. "Two Ramblers can be operated for the cost of the official car you are driving," he wired Wagner. The mayor rides in a seven-passenger 1955 Cadillac limousine, which is 19 ft. long v. 14.8 ft. of a Rambler American, costs $822 a year to maintain, not counting a chauffeur's annual salary of up to $4,865. Moreover, the city runs about 65 motor mastodons (Cadillacs, Lincolns, Chryslers, Packards) for conveying top brass, as well as 149 medium ones (Buicks, Mercuries, Dodges, Pontiacs, De Sotos) for lesser lights...
Ride a Rambler, Romney urged Wagner, thereby "benefiting taxpayers as well as taking leadership in reducing traffic congestion and parking problems." But the mayor politely declined the offer from Romney to place three Ramblers at Wagner's disposal for test-driving...