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...normally Republican Oregon, Guy Cordon should have a built-in advantage. But one of his biggest drawbacks can actually be attributed to past G.O.P. successes: the state Republican organization has become flabby through lack of competitive election year exercise. The issues of tidelands and public power, on which Neuberger has harped tirelessly, add to Cordon's problems. Ike's appearance last week gave impetus to the Cordon drive, but the Senator still had some lost ground to make...
Medical researchers believe they have tracked down the long-sought factor in human blood that gives it a sweeping power to destroy invading germs. Without such built-in protection against infection, man could hardly survive the daily onslaught by billions of microorganisms to which he is exposed. "Something" saves him, but the nature of that something has remained as elusive as the elixir of life...
There was insufficient time to build an intricately synchronized moving platform to carry the camera around the pole. Instead, Strock found a way to work with the camera's own built-in turntable rotating at a speed synchronized with the exposure of a 6-ft.½-film strip. But this turntable could only be set up at one side of the pole. And inevitably the pole was going to block one section of the battle scene as the camera rotated within the cyclorama...
...richest men in his class, made it so. He lived in a style which went out here with the era of the Gold Coast: and exquisitely furnished room, a valet, a big black convertible equipped with a two-way phone-radio, and a fabulous electronic piano with built-in radio and phonograph. Nobody seems to know exactly what his allowance was while he was here, but he always had plenty of money to spend...
...Built-in Cop. An adjustable governor to limit car speeds is being turned out by the Automotive Safety Speed Control Corp. of Leominster, Mass. A cautious father, for example, can set and lock a dial on the dashboard at 40 miles an hour. If Junior tries to go faster, the ignition cuts out until he slows down. Pickup and climbing power are not affected until the dial limit is reached. Price: $20 installed...