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Composed of a single plastic and Fiberglas shell mounted on legs, the new chair is more roomy, stable and luxurious, but just as simple as its predecessor. Pictures of the chair were being reproduced in dozens of newspapers and magazines, and an enthusiastic House Beautiful editor rhapsodically described it as "the sitting sensation of modern design...
This curved electrotype plate, being examined before it is fitted on one of the presses, is several steps removed from the linotype. To produce this plate a thin plastic mold is made from the flat page forms, which hold the proofread lines of type ejected by the linotype. The mold is then sprayed with a silver solution, given an electrolysis bath, copper-plated and nickel-plated. That leaves a thin shell of printing surface, which must be backed up and strengthened for the printing press. Hot, molten metal is poured into the shell, which is then rolled into a curved...
...unanimously rebuking the legislators for their attitude, the committee backed down, voted to forget about prosecution of Editor Fritchey and Publisher Stern. The most disappointed man in the committee room was undoubtedly Senator A. O. Rappelet. Legislative Clown Rappelet had brought along a huge balloon, a ball and four plastic fish, but the chairman never gave him the floor or the chance to put on his trained-seal...
...enthusiasm. New York Times Correspondent Anne O'Hare McCormick expressed the horror of the scene: ". . . The Hitler Youth rising out of the ruins . . . Here they are as one remembers them in 1933 -the same stance and gestures when the band plays, the same air of importance, the same plastic faces, empty and somehow piteous, waiting to be molded into anything the master sculptor decides...
Manhattan's Remington Records, Inc. struck a pleasant new price note in the record business. It announced a 10-in. vinyl-plastic long-playing record of popular songs and light classical music to sell for 99?, well under the current prices for such platters. Classical records were tagged at $1.49 and $1.99, some 50-60% cheaper than other 12-in. long-playing discs. Remington President Donald Gabor* explained that he had developed a production process which enables him to turn out a 10-in. record for 21?, about half the former manufacturing cost. Although Remington is short of name...