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Howard Hathaway Aiken (March 8, 1900 – March 14, 1973) was an American physicist and a pioneer in computing. He was the original conceptual designer behind IBM 's Harvard Mark I , the United States' first programmable computer .
A project conceived by Harvard University’s Dr. Howard Aiken, the Mark I was built by IBM engineers in Endicott, N.Y. A steel frame 51 feet long and 8 feet high held the calculator, which consisted of an interlocking panel of small gears, counters, switches and control circuits, all only a few inches in depth.
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A federal grand jury in Columbia has indicted two Aiken men in an alleged $8 million inheritance fraud scheme that attempted to divert the assets of an 88-year-widow’s estate to themselves.
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Herald-Journal office in downtown Spartanburg. The origins of the paper lie with The Spartan, a weekly paper reportedly first printed in about 1842–43. [2] [3] [4] In 1844, this was renamed The Carolina Spartan. In about 1900, the paper was reportedly bought by The Journal Publishing Company, which renamed it The Spartanburg Journal. [3]
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