Camera trends and new film projectors in photo gear
Summer shows a surge in picture airing and a downturn in photo activities as new products enter the market. Publishers unveil Better Photo Guide series with experts like Jacob Deschin checking content. Kodak Catalux projector features variable speeds and sprocketless transport. Instamatic line adds 150 and 1184 models with auto wind and drop-in loading. Bell & coworkers push AV news forward.
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Sani Amphon
Jacob Deschin
New York Times
Catalux
Kodak
Bell
Howell unveils auto eject filmstrip projector
AP News features Irving Desfor describes Howell introducing the Specialist Autoload filmstrip projector. It accepts filmstrip loaded cartridges eliminating manual handling. The cartridge is shredded by remote control or crank turn and rewinds into the cartridge. An accessory cabinet stores 36 cartridges. The unit also accepts loose filmstrips and slide sets with open apertures and air cooling to protect film.
Hay Fever Season Arrives in North Chicago
Ragweed pollen spawns annual hay fever in late summer with about 230000 tons released. Eastern half of the country proves poor for sufferers while refuges include northern Minnesota Michigan New Hampshire Maine central Adirondacks high Rockies southern Florida and the West Coast. Hawaii Alaska Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Bermuda Mexico and eastern Canada also cited as refuges.
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Chicago
Florida
Melvin Karau
Abbott Laboratories
Minnesota
Michigan
New Hamphire
Maine
Adirondacks
Rockies
Hawaii
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Bermuda
Mexico
Canada
Karan
Israel issues stamps honor ancient glassware and events
Stamp news notes Israel releases three stamps featuring 5000 BC glassware from Dr. Walter Moses collection in Tel Aviv. Other issues salute the Sixth World Congress of the Israel Medical Association, African-Israel friendship, the Chess Olympiad in Israel, migration law, Eleanor Roosevelt, the Zodiac, and Israeli antiquities. A US 5 cent stamp publicizes Register and Vote, Aug. 1, in Washington DC, backed by the American Heritage Foundation and 86 public service groups. The German Federal Republic issues three commemoratives on Progress in Technology and Science with a benzene formula motif.
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Israel
The
Israel Medical Association
Ile Legal
Eleanor Roosevelt
Zodiac and Antiquities
Washington, D.C
American Heritage Foundation
Public Service
German Federal Republic
World Wide Philatelic Agency
German scientists honored in 1863 coin legends
The 5 pfennig coin features August Kekule and marks a tribute to Hahn and Strassmann who confirmed fission. The 20 pfennig piece honors the developers of the gas power engine.
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August Friederich Kekule
Hahn and Strassmann
American Airlines Donates DC-7 Flagship for Museum Anniversary
In St Louis the National Museum of Transport received a DC-7 Flagship from American Airlines to mark ten years since its nonstop transcontinental service began. The donation honors aviation history and the airline's role in federal air travel development.
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T. Louis, Mo
American Airlines
National Museum of Transport
Scouts tape daily news at Jamboree with 2000 reporters
About 2,000 Scouts from 450 US groups and 42 foreign countries taped daily reports from Valley Forge Pennsylvania. Minnesota Mining supplied 160 Wollensak recorders and 12,000 reels of Scotch tape to teach recording for radio and to capture band fish and speech performances. Gene Daniels 15 from Litchfield Massachusetts said broadcasting could help his love life. A 14 year old from the San Francisco Bay Area planned a future in radio. Foreign Scouts from Europe Asia Africa Australia Canada Mexico and the Middle East sent tapes home. Kim Smith 14 a Scout correspondent for KFSB radio read a diary style script about New York Washington and the Smithsonian. Most reporters auditioned at home stations before joining.
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Valley Forge
United States
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
Gene Daniels
Litchfield
Mass
Wsmi Radio
Gene
San Francisco Bay Area
Middle East
Kim Smith
Kfsb Radio
Joplin
New York
Washington
Mike Brewster
Smithsonian Institute
Shakespeare coin quirks and a tale of ancient weights
A feature notes Shakespeare’s money mentions alongside coins and weights. It cites errors in Cymbeline and Timon of Athens noting a ten thousand ducats bet predates real coinage and a talent as a weight, not a coin, equals about 6,000 silver drachmas. It advertises a booklet How to Make Profits with Nickels and a coin shop weekly bid board.
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Willian Shakespeare
Avon
Don Taxay
Chase Manhattan Bank
Augustus
Rome
Venice
Taxay
Timon of
Athens
Jay Taman
Senate
Timon
U.S
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Barbara Desfor
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Camp Pontige
West Capake
N.Y
Stamp News
By Preston McGraw
UP International
By Robert Svensson
Brinks
Hama Thes
Hayward Coin Shop
Ratward
Salaica Coreddons Neseaenens
Torlas
Winthrop
Macy's Men’s
Macy's Bay Fair
San Leandro
Men's Store
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