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...plastic-topped "Skyliner" Ford (blue and ivory) was unquestionably one of the biggest hits of the Leipzig fair. It was rivaled only by a Rolls-Royce and a two-toned Oldsmobile convertible that arrived in Leipzig just before I left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 25, 1954 | 10/25/1954 | See Source »

Paralyzing Pygmies. As the Martian invasion of France proceeded, the invaders became more bizarre. A troup of pygmies in plastic helmets gamboled down a railroad track near Quarouble and transfixed M. Marius Dewilde with "a paralyzing beam of light." Some Martians were blue, others were yellow or pink. A traveling salesman of the Cotes-du-Nord saw a wonderful sight: a deep rose flying cigar from which stepped a zebra-striped Martian. As he alighted, he changed color, chameleonlike, from yellow to green...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Martians over France | 10/25/1954 | See Source »

...bandage that does not stick to wounds, so that it peels off painlessly and bloodlessly, was announced by Bauer & Black. Called Telfa, it has a perforated plastic layer next to the skin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Capsules, Oct. 18, 1954 | 10/18/1954 | See Source »

NUCLEAR REACTOR, the first for purely industrial research, will be built by Chicago's Armour Research Foundation. To cost $500,000 the reactor will be ready in a year, will be used to experiment in such fields as medical diagnosis, food-sterilization, plastic, glass and rubber products...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Oct. 11, 1954 | 10/11/1954 | See Source »

House Lining. New homes can be made virtually moisture-and termite-proof by lining exterior walls and foundations with a tough, translucent plastic film developed by Terre Haute's Visking Corp. "VisQueen" is noninflammable, will not dry out. Price: about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Oct. 11, 1954 | 10/11/1954 | See Source »

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