Photographer Desmarais Catalogs Five Thousand Wildlife Trophies
Desmarais builds and uses lightweight gear to photograph wildlife up close. He Avoids direct approach and uses the lost billfold technique to herd antelope for better shots, often working within 25 yards with long lenses. He shares tips, parks to visit, and his goal to photograph a grizzly bear someday.
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Desmarais
Mal
Matsell Bridge
Viola
Palisades-Kepler State Park
Iowa
Bertram Road
Hams Turn to Satellites for Long Distance Relays
OSCAR the orbiting amateur radio relay network, created by hams from several nations, allows two way communication up to 5,000 miles apart. OSCAR 6 and 7 support voice Morse and slow scan TV with transponders enabling global links.
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California
Amateur Radio Relay League
Newington
Conn
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Dear Abby Column Letters on Accessibility and Etiquette
A reader notes Braille floor numbers at Indianapolis airport elevators and Abby praises accessible design. A mother-in-law pressure for an electric shaver for a 12 year old prompts Abby to advise considering Becky feelings. A letter questions early guests versus late guests and Abby labels lateness as inconsiderate while Gertrude defends early arrivals.
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Abby
Wallingford
Conn
Holiday Inn
Indianapolis
Ind
Becky
Clever endgame line in bridge reported by experts
Oswald Jacoby and Alan Sontag detail a bridge hand where South advances a winning line after West opens with clubs. East overtrekes with the ace and leads back, allowing South to run trumps and force West to discard. South’s diamonds then become winners, yielding a dramatic finish.
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West
South
East
Dummy
Hal Sims Rejected by Weight Claim as Golfist
A New York reader questions a report of P. Hall Sims weighing 500 pounds. The reply notes Hal stood six foot three and weighed 300 to 350 pounds. Despite his weight he was a four handicap golfer and a capable tennis player.
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New York
P. Hall Sims
Hal
Cedar Rapids Gazette publication notice details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1863 lists address 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406 and weekly and annual subscription rates. It notes AP exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatch republication.
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The
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Mali
U.S
Gazette
Associated Press
West German tourism boost figures eyed for US travel
West Germany expects 10 to 15 percent more tourists to the United States as the dollar stays weak. Horst Schulz of Deutsches Reisebureau says convincing travelers the U.S.A. is affordable is key and notes 65,000 West Germans visited the U.S. in 1977. this year could reach 100,000.
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Bonn
West Germany
United States
U.S.A
Horst Egon Schulz
Deutsches Reisebaro
North America
Schulz
Sir Alan Walker Dies at 68 in London
Sir Alan Walker, 68, chairman of Thomas Cook and deputy chairman of Midland Bank, died recently in London. Knighted in 1975, he led Bass Charrington and served on the British Railways board.
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London
Alan Walker
Thomas Cook Travel Group
Midland Bank
Walker
Bass Charrington Brewery
British Railways Board
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Indian Creek Nature Center
Washington High School
South Dakota
Custer State Park
Bill Desmarais
Oscar
C.E. McD
Arlington, VA
MR. McD
Gertrude
Gert
Los Angeles
Calif
Oswald Jacoby
Alan Sontag
North
Sie
Dale's Fruit Market
Center Point Road
2Nd Ave
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