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...blows that had been inflicted on Marilyn's skull. Moreover. Cleveland detectives figured that Marilyn died between 3:10 and 4 a.m. Sheppard phoned to Houk some two hours later. In the meantime, tests disclosed, a trail of blood leading from the bedroom to a basement sink had been wiped away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Forty Seconds of Fury | 8/30/1954 | See Source »

...Four.* In the men's clothing trade, it has been no secret that Society Brand is dying on the vine, has eked out a slim profit over the past four years only by virtue of tax carrybacks and rebates from more prosperous years. Kestnbaum plans to sink $2,500,-ooo into Society Brand over the next year to rebuild its sales...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CLOTHING: Biggest of the Big Four | 8/16/1954 | See Source »

Portable Pig. A portable, electric disposal unit that sits in a sink and disposes of 1½ quarts of garbage in a minute or two was announced by James. Inc.. of Independence, Kans., maker of portable dishwashers. Water from the faucet pours through the top of the lightweight machine while blades churn the refuse, which is funneled down the drain. The James garbage disposer cleans itself, will not run with the top open. Price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Aug. 16, 1954 | 8/16/1954 | See Source »

...weighing is done in a complicated apparatus whose essential part is a tiny glass tube closed at one end and trapping a bubble of air. When this "Cartesian diver" is properly weighted, it floats midway in a column of water, and slight changes in water pressure can make it sink or rise by compressing its bubble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Amoeba Scale | 8/2/1954 | See Source »

...photographer grabs his binoculars to take a closer look, hauls out his telephoto lens to get right down to fine points-such as a saw and a carving knife the salesman is meticulously wrapping in newspaper beside the kitchen sink...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Aug. 2, 1954 | 8/2/1954 | See Source »

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