Satellite tracking cameras foil time for space study
Scientists from Boller and Chivens Inc of South Pasadena with partners built a dozen satellite tracking cameras for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Installed in nations across the world, each $100000 camera weighs about three tons and photographs a man-made moon weekly, sending data to Cambridge.
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Boller & Chivens Inc
South Pasadena
Calif
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
New Mexico
Florida
Hawaii
South Africa
Australia
Japan
Iran
India
Spain
Argentina
Peru
Dutch West Indies
Earth
Outer Space
Cambridge
Mass
Jewelry Cafeteria Style DIY Storage Plan
The article describes a simple jewelry storage system called a jewelry cafeteria using six small glass jars with metal lids, nails and cotton. Lids are nailed under a shelf, cotton cut to fit jar bottoms, jewelry placed inside, and jars screwed to lids to allow clear viewing and reduce dust, tangling, and scratching. Additional jars and a matching shelf offer expandable storage.
Space Quiz True or False Blast Off
A playful space themed test asks True or False about satellites rockets and planetary facts. It includes nine statements on Sputnik Atlas escape velocity Moon and Earth Sun orbits with a garbled trailing line of unreadable characters.
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Moon
Outer Space
Russia
Sputnik
Atlas
Earth
Mercury
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Pluto
Space
Know-Dick Fiore and the International Fleas Stamp Club
Dick Fiore a 12 year old from Pawcatuck Conn is president of the International Fleas a stamp collecting group with members in Italy Greece the Philippines Japan Thailand Ceylon Ireland and Switzerland He writes Soviet Premier Khrushchev for stamps and keeps nine scrapbooks of correspondence Translation help comes from the nearby New London submarine base He hopes to find a rare stamp one day and has grown his collection to over 20000 items through swaps with other young collectors worldwide.
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Dick Fiore
Pawcatuck, Conn
International
Fraternity of
Italy
Greece
Philippines
Japan
Thailand
Ceylon
Ireland
Switzerland
RFD 2
Pawcatuck
Conn
Fiore
Nikita Khrushchev
New London
The Pink Cat Vanishing Act in a Blue House
Miss Pink's blue world turns comical when a blue kitten vanishes among blue walls and furniture. A laundryman suggests a mouse chase, a bread man counsels repainting the house, and painters reveal the kitten asleep on a pink stool before it vanishes again into the pink room.
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Miss Pink
Balancing a needle on a pin trick explained
Grover Brinkman describes a balancing trick using a bottle two forks corks a needle and a pin. The setup threads a needle head into a cork and forks pinches the cork to balance the needle on the pin head. A twisting motion makes the forks spin and the needle remains lodged and balanced as it revolves.
Pen Pal Requests From Youth Across States
A nourished patch of pen pal wishes lists youths from Wisconsin North Carolina Ohio and Florida seeking correspondents in New York or Florida. Entries include ages hobbies and home towns such as Peggy Lowman Hickory North Carolina Ann Maples Tallmadge Ohio Doris Shepard Deland Florida and Jane Rice Mogadore Ohio.
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Hal
New York
Florida
Ann Maples
Northeast Ave
Tallmadge
Ohio
Pen Pal Requests From Young Readers Worldwide
A page lists young writers seeking pen pals with hobbies from horses and stamp collecting to swimming and reading. Readers are invited to write to Captain Hal at this paper to have names listed, stating interests, hobbies and age.
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Hal
Chico
Sandra Laska
Hayward, Wis
Susan Ross Apartado
Torreon
Coach
Mexico
Texas
Florida
California
Michigan
How to Make Log Cabins from a Box
Step by step craft guide explains covering an oblong box with corrugated paper to resemble logs, adding a door and window, shaping end triangles, constructing a roof from folded cardboard, and attaching a crayon-stone chimney for a rustic cabin model.
Fun With Dandelions Everlasting Flower Craft
Dandelions can become a delicate everlasting bloom by picking them just after the blossoms close, before any white appears. Hang them upside down in a dark dry place and in a few days they turn into white snowball-like decorations that last. Try this summer and see for yourself.
What Flower Names Mean What Flower Names Mean
A compact tour of how flower names arose from ancient roots across languages. It links Sage to saluus meaning saved and cites Paion for Peony, Hyacinth to Hyacinthus, and Iiris to rainbow among others.
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Paion
Hyacinthus
Apollo
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Fleas
Khrushchev
Defi
Pink
Grover Brinkman
Janice Castro
Houston St. Laredo
Tex
Steve Madden
College Ave
Waukesha, Wis
Peggy Lowman
Rt. 4
Hickory
N. C
Doris Shepard
N. Clara Ave. Deland, Fla
Jane Rice
Cleveland St
Mogadore
Nevada
Mesa
Captain Hal
Sam
Leida Caldwell
S. Main Ave
Newton, N. C
Gary Pike
Temple St. Auburn, Maine
Bob Bennett
Silver Street
Bristol 1
England
Donald Moody
Reidsville, N. C
Pittsburgh
Gregory Lynch
McCoy Road
Orange
Company
Pete
iOid
Daisy
Gladiolus
Amazon
Avery
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