Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-12-18
Behind
The Scene
Reynolds knight

"a billion now contemplated
won't set off another high boom
in 1858, but il can help stem a
recession.
The economic pesSimists to-
day contend that a 81 billion
increase in defense spending
can't possibly offset the della
uonary forces nov dominating
the economy. A LOT more than
that will be needed TO get the
economy back on the upSwing
again, they argue.
However, the peSSimiStS over
look d vital fact. A dollar spent
by the government "multiplies"
again and again. Fer example.
a million-dollar missile equip
ment contract enables COM
pany TO hire workers, or call
back laid-off employees, and
part Of that million dollars goes
to pay them. The workers take
tEeir money to the butcher, the
baker, the car dealer. The COM
pany buys goods and services
from Sub-contractorS, and more
payroll dollars 60 into circula-
ton. Some of the profits go to
stockholders in the form OF
dividends.
Assuming that AT every stage.
two-thirds OF the dollars are
spent, then the million dollars
ultimately creates a total spend
ing OF So million. Thus, that 81
billion in defense contracts can
odd 81 billion or more to the
nations spending.
COFFEE CLIMB - Ameri-
cans. now drinking something
over 81 cups Of coffee per per
son a day. will be downing at
least 3.5 cups per person daily
in 1860. according TO a compre-
hensive marketing study by the
American Can Company. The
consumption figures are based
on the segment OF the popula-
ton Is years OF age and over.
The pattern OF rising con-
sumption-2,534 million pounds
in 1850, OF II per cent more
than was consumed in the u. S.
in l955-will be marked by i'm
portant shifts in the market,
the study points out. More cof-
fee will be packet IN cans. and
more will lie gong into solu-
bleS.
OF the anticipated 1860 total.
l.030 million pounds, or So per
cent of all ground coffee, will
be packed in cans. This COM
paT"S with 1855 figure of $50
million pounds, 81 per cent Of
the ground coffee. In 1860. 30
per cent of the total coffee
market will be in solubles, as
a~"'nSt Il l6 per cent share in
1855.
nd the Cameo study contains
good news for the consumers.
Prices will remain steady-and
could declines a result of
the coffee supply catching mp
with demand.
THINGS TO COME-Sct I'd
your own icc-Skdting pond-l2
to so feet in diameter - with a
portable rink kit that includes
a six inch hign aluminium
frame and a plastic liner
To prevent rugs from slipping
on polished floors, there's
liquid rubberized backing that
can be sprayed On from its own
container To protect mil
days hairdo. there's a smartly
styled plastic KEPT" hat-scarf
C. la Foreign Legion) that folds
away into its own purse-si,s
pouch.
BRAIN FOR Drawn - The
best existing weapon fC- dcliv-
ering the H-bomb is still the
long-range jet bomber - and
the best defense against it is
the jet interceptor.
The jet interceptor's ability
to knock down an enemy bomb
er has been shnrpened by an
electronic brain that can fly
the plane through all phases of
supersonic combat, from take
off to touchdown. leaving the
pilot free to make the tactical
decisions.
The brain" is a digital COM
puter weighing only 100
pounds. yet able to perform
$500 arithmeticdl computations
in one second and render $3.50
decisions in one rnnute. Deve-
loped by Hughes Aircraft's air.
borne systems laboratories. the
computer. among other things.
can decide for the PILOT at what
point to intercept an enemy
bomber and 1t what altitude
and will automatically fire the
armament
1t is a triumph Of miniature
zation, using 1000 matchead-
size diodes in place NJ the bulk
Ter tubes normally required by
computer. The entire system