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...Health Department of Minneapolis, Minn, threatened to close those hallowed Scandinavian institutions, help-yourself smörgâsbords, because of the danger of dust and germs, unless proprietors equipped their tables with glass or plastic "sneeze guards...
...three-story building in Washington, D.C. last week, a woman whose legs have been withered by polio fitted plastic legs on torn dolls. Nearby, a blind man who had lost his sight in an explosion expertly tacked new upholstery on a frayed Willard Hotel chair. Around them, dozens of other disabled men & women worked busily in the headquarters of the Goodwill Industries of America...
...year, ten months and three days after the outbreak of war in Korea, the U.S. last week wrote an end to an earlier Pacific campaign which had carried the nation's hopes of peace in the Far East. With a plastic fountain pen from his desk set, President Harry Truman scratched his signature to the peace treaty with Japan and wrote in the date: April 15, 1952-just ten years, four months and eight days after Pearl Harbor...
...Zurich and perfected by Swiss watchmakers. Contrary to widespread opinion, there is nothing unsporting about using oxygen, though some British mountaineers might consider it "going soft." Heretofore, it has simply been considered impractical or impossible to haul the added burden. The new lightweight (22 Ibs.) Swiss lung, complete with plastic mouthpiece, is worked by the climber's own breath, which releases the precious oxygen...
Backyard Plunge. A plastic swimming pool that retails at $275 (without such essentials as drains, pumps, etc.) was put on the market last week by the Bakelite Co. The homeowner digs a 13-by-27-ft. hole 3 to 5 ft. deep and fits in the plastic liner, which holds more than 10,000 gallons of water. An inflatable bumper ($75 extra), fastened to the top of the liner, prevents water from splashing out of the pool. The pool can be emptied by either a pipe outlet system or a sump pump...