Television: Busy Week

On the technical side, TV had an interesting week, with new developments popping to light all over the map. Items:

∙A process that throws some color onto the screens of black-and-white TV sets was tried out in Atlanta, Toledo and Detroit, with further tests planned for Cincinnati and Milwaukee this week. Called Telcon, the gimmick was developed in Austria and licensed to a Toledo company. It works on the same mysterious principle that causes the eye to see color if a black-and-white top is spun. It is not an attempt to compete with regular color TV, since it produces only...

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