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The Day the U.S. TV Industry Died

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But at about $1000, the flat tube is not a consumer product and instead is benefiting Zenith’s latest focus of interest-its relatively new and highly profitable personal computer business. Zenith enters the TV receiver business, buying Rauland of Chicago, a picture tube manufacturer. Admiral buys Cortron, leaving 17 U.S.

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Summer Update

Plug In Partners

The list of supporters/partners now includes links to the members’ web sites along with a contact person. These include Pacific Gas and Electric, Kansas City Power and Light and Edison Electric Institute , the trade association for IOUs (see quote below). We also encourage you to watch the Bettah video produced by CalCars.

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L. Frank Baum’s Cautionary Tale About the Gifts of Electricity

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president Grover Cleveland officially opened the extravaganza by pressing a golden telegraph key that symbolically switched on 100,000 incandescent lights. It does this by projecting letters onto the person's forehead. Great Chicago Fire destroyed most of the city, it was preparing to host the World's Columbian Exposition.