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Show Telephone Company Charts Program "Thresholds for Tomorrow," an hour long program exploring many of science's most exciting new frontiers, will be sponsored by the Bell System over NBC Saturday, March 10, at 5:30 p.m. This will be the final program in the three part' "Threshold" series sponsored by the Bell Co. during the current season. According to producer Robert Bendick the program might well have the sub-title "What's New on Earth." He plans to present some of the research going on in five important fields the atam, DNA, the sea, miniaturization miniaturiza-tion and computer technology and show its potential usefulness to man's life, well-being and his destiny. From the field of atomic research re-search the program will show developments in the peaceful use of nuclear explosions, "portable" atomic power units and potential employment of isotopes for such unrelated activities as weather control, medical diagnoses and agricultural pesticides. The program will point out the implications of the genetic code of the DNA molecule. As scientists work toward the understanding un-derstanding of this code, they come close to the ability to control con-trol the heredity of plants and animals. "Thresholds for Tomorrow" will show how research is uncovering un-covering new uses of the sea for farming, for mining and for a better understanding of life. It points out that man today faces the challenge of frontiers and adventures that have a bigger big-ger potential than any in his past history. "The realization imposes on the individual a grave responsibility respon-sibility for study and even more for wisdom to apply that potential poten-tial to the benefit of mankind." |