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The article presents information on the history of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). When the Association was formed, two kinds of meetings were intended to be held, namely, local and national. The fields of interest of ACM vary from areas of electrical engineering to mathematics. Thus, almost from the time of its initiation, ACM came into contact with other professional societies operating in similar areas. Since 1958 ACM has been represented in the Mathematical Sciences Division of the National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council and in 1962 the association became affiliated with the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences. A consequence of this growth has been an increase in administrative functions. In 1960, the first Special Interest Group was chartered to facilitate the close cooperation of ACM members whose had a prime interest in a special and relatively narrow aspect of computing. In February 1963 ACM moved into its first consolidated quarters in New York City gathering under one roof:

The article discusses the reaction of the Uniformed Firefighters Association (UFA) on the claim made by the New York City Fire Department that by the use of a computerized model, the association has achieved a savings of $7 million. The deployment of men and equipment under all possible situations is stimulated and evaluated by the model. The UFA's president, Michael J. Maye, calls the claim of $7 million saving a paper figure. He says that $600,000 spent on computer studies might better have been spent on more manpower and latest tools.

The article offers news briefs related to the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The ACM headquarters will be moved to its new location in New York City, New York. A petition to form a new Special Interest Committee on the Social Implications of Computing has been initiated and an invitation for signatures was published. The ACM Special Interest Committee on Microprogramming has announced its objectives following the ACM Microprogramming Workshop.

The article offers information on the trade show "INTERDATA 65" where a wide variety of latest computer equipments were displayed at Paris Hilton Hotel in New York City. TOKO offered an electronic woven thin-film, non-destructively read 4,096 word-store. Digital Equipment Corp. sold about 160 of its PDP-8 desktop systems at the price of $20,000 each. Beckman offered hybrid interfaces which couples analog and digital machines. The trade show featured 220 booths by 82 companies which covered an area of 22,000 square feet.

The article presents information on a one-day symposium of four Metropolitan New York Chapters of the Association for Computing Machinery held, with the cooperation of the Poughkeepsie Chapter, at New York. Attesting to the fact that the new New York City administration recognizes the importance of the use of the computer and information processing in management of the city Deputy Mayor Timothy W. Costello, climaxed the statement that New York is ready to adopt the systems analysis concept with an announcement that that week his power had been expanded to include a newly created "Third Deputy" at the city's head whose sole responsibility would be to come up with a total information system for the City of New York. Henry A. Barnes, New York's traffic commissioner, famed for his forward thinking and action in meeting ever increasing traffic challenges, told in his inimicable style how New York's new computer-controlled traffic system is now being installed and built, at a cost of $100 million. The system will control 27 percent of the traffic in New York City: 300 intersections on 600 miles of streets, involving 9000 lights.