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Show Aladdin Never had it so Good! COMING YEARS TO PRESENT MIRACLES OF PRODUCTION Aladdin never had it so good. He could have had anything he wanted at a rub of the lamp. But Aladdin couldn't imagine some of the miracles which may be realities by 1976. Here, for example, is an estimate of tomorrow's magic by that rather august body, the National Association Asso-ciation of Manufacturers. The NAM says that if there is error, it is probably on the side of underestimation. under-estimation. By 1976 . . . Junior will have a Dick Tracy two-way wrist radio! Television will be in true-color and three dimension! Pushbutton materials-handling virtually will eliminate hard toil! More and more manufacturing processes will be automatic from raw materials to finished, packaged pack-aged products! You will be able to dial any telephone in the United States maybe any telephone irt the western west-ern hemisphere! Lathes and stamping equipment will operate from instructions recorded re-corded on magnetic tapes! Mrs. America, 1976, will have an electronic kitchen with radar and soundwaves heating pre-packaged meals! Moving sidewalks and station platforms will take the "ufhph" out of walking just as escalators now take the strain out of stair climbing! Hot city streets may well be air-conditioned! air-conditioned! Don't discount trips to the moon! Penetration of the so-called "thermal "ther-mal barrier" will release unimaginable unimag-inable development for aviation. Inter-urban railways may yield to the overhead monorail carrying jet propelled streamlined cars. Trans-oceanic freight - carrying rockets will zoom back and forth on regular schedules across the oceans. Arthritis cancer, heart disease dis-ease and a host of other present-day present-day killers will be greatly reduced re-duced if not entirely routed. Large structures such as bridges, ships and buildings will receive long and lasting protection against sea water, weather, smoke and chemicals from a flame-spray which will shoot porcelain materials mate-rials on to surfaces. The list is virtually endless and it is not whimsical, says the NAM; it is well within the realm of reality re-ality ... by 1976. |