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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. It would be very helpful to the campaign if you could also link to the Plug-In Partners website on your site. 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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It does this by projecting letters onto the person's forehead. The illustration below as well as the book cover at top are from a first edition at the Bakken Museum , in Minneapolis.) Throughout his journey, Rob meets unscrupulous men who want to buy or steal the demon's inventions, but he manages to keep them safe.

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