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Flying Jeep. A stubby, lightweight Jeep (almost 3 ft. shorter, 1,200 Ibs. lighter than standard models), designed for airlift by helicopter or plane, was shown off by Willys Motors, Inc. It has an all-aluminum body and magnesium wheels; 85% of the parts are interchangeable with regular Jeeps.

Inside Picture. Westinghouse Electric Corp. put on sale a fluoroscopic television set that can show an X-ray image 200 times brighter than any TV set ever used for the same purpose before. Thus, it can be used to study internal organs and bone joints in action as patients walk about. Price: $34,000.

Engine Cleaner. Shell Oil Co. brought out a new motor oil, which, it claims, will dissolve the deposits formed in engines when antifreeze solutions leak into the oil and make valves stick. Price: 75-c- a qt.

Octane Reader. Central Scientific Co., Chicago, is demonstrating a new instrument that uses a radioactive isotope to give an octane rating of a fuel within five minutes, a procedure that formerly took four hours. The device can be used as a control instrument in petroleum refining. Price: $7,860.

Tap Door. A refrigerator with a built-in spigot in the door was introduced by Motor Products Corp.'s Deep Freeze division and Crosley. The tap connects itself with a large dispenser that holds water, fruit juice or other beverage.

Lightweight Welder. A portable electric welder that can deliver up to 200 amperes of current is being produced by Dielectric Laboratories, Inc. of Los Angeles. Designed for maintenance work and repairs by farmers, plumbers, small garages, etc., the welder weighs only 59 Ibs. v. 200 or more Ibs. for other welders with the same power output. Price: $189.50.

Hopper Helper. A new freight car for bulk shipments of dry powdered commodities (feed, chemicals), which formerly had to be transported in containers, was put into production by General American Transportation Corp. The car contains bins with slanted sides lined with a porous, silicon-treated fabric. To unload the car, air is blown at low pressure under the fabric, breaking up hard-packed cargo so that it flows like water through hatches under the car.

Pocket Radio. RCA demonstrated a tiny (2 in. by 4 in.) radio receiver, in which transistors do the work of vacuum tubes and a pencil flashlight battery supplies the power. Sound volume is great enough to be heard in a good-sized room.

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