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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1968
Page
11
City letter carriers will deliver Wednesday a reminder on Christmas card rates this year plus the local and out of town labels for bundling cards. Tours of the main post office are at 10 a.m. 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Postmaster Charles Seda invites visitors to room 101 at those times. Christmas cards require a six cent stamp this year.
A micron equals 1 25 000th of an inch, describing a unit used for tiny measurements. The term highlights extreme precision in engineering and science contexts.
A Pacific Coast inventor, Jack De Ment of Portland, unveils the Explosion device that converts light from a blast into a usable beam directed at a target. He seeks patent 3 414 838 and envisions industrial medical and military uses while testing in Alaska.
Senator William Proxmire urges the FTC to require service stations to post exact octane ratings at gas pumps. He argues consumers face gas labeled with prices that do not reflect octane quality and seeks rules to help informed choices.
John Canaday reviews MoMA’s exhibition The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age organized by K G Pontus Hulten. He praises the 200 works blending art and invention and notes the show’s focus on the machine as creator and destroyer while highlighting Léonardo and Bugatti as emblematic highlights.
A collage of light consumer nostalgia and social quips. It riffs on vintage cars like the Stutz Bearcat, amid jokes about quarantine signs and Christmas wishes. The piece contrasts past and present daily life with playful observations on shopping, water freezes, billiard halls, and sunlit days.
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