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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1961
Page
4
An early 20th century notice reviews spring camera care and new gear. It urges careful lens cleaning, dust removal, and avoiding amateur repairs while noting a new compact Polaroid style camera with automatic exposure and adjustable flash for portraits and closeups. The piece highlights the model’s aperture 2/42, range from 1/5 to 1/74000 sec, auto light control, and a movable flashgun for bounce lighting.
A camera with light and dark control rings adjusts aperture from 4/92 to 1/19 to brighten images and 1/94 to darken. An eye to future Polaroid color film is mentioned. A chemical additive now retards color print fading by forming an invisible UV shield on the print surface, soon available to color processors.
City Manager B H Cree reported bids to paint the library’s upstairs exceeded budget, proposing transferring 600 from this year’s library funds to public works. A city crew under Wern Schaffer could do the job for about 900 or less, with library closure planned for scraping and dust.
Officers report Karen Johnson Hurt age 16 of Greeley suffered bruises and a cut to the leg when a passenger auto went off Ath St into a barrow pit about 2 40 p m Tuesday. Dixie C Howell of Route 4 Greeley drove the 1950 auto. car damage estimated at 200 dollars. Also a calf owned by W Mahan west of Greeley died after being struck by a Fort Collins bound car driven by Joseph Straub on U S 34 four miles west of here about 9 40 p m Tuesday. Straub's 1957 auto sustained about 100 dollars in damage.
City Council’s public works committee reviews the Parker and Associates report on the sewage treatment plant and negotiates a contract with the engineering firm for the plant improvement project. The Parker report estimated 064,000 in improvements, while a later Denver firm suggested 753,720 in upgrades. Council members Vantine Richardson and Cummings lead the review and negotiations.
Attorney General Robert F Kennedy urged that the United States must avoid further racial violence as he spoke to FBI National Academy graduates. He praised local law enforcement for upholding order and criticized Birmingham and Montgomery police for failing to foresee violence tied to the Freedom Riders. He warned civil rights tensions will require dialogue but stress local authorities must do their jobs to preserve law and order.
Haiti creates a civil aeronautics service in Port-au-Prince to regulate and develop aviation. It will handle aircraft registration certificates, airport regulation, fee collection and flight conditions, aiming to guide air services and safety.
Gilcrest Lions Club set an annual blood donors dinner with councilmen unpaid but reimbursed for expenses. The group discussed funding the banquet while appointing an auditing committee headed by Don Capron to oversee finances.
A brief note records the appointment of Loyd Rumsey and Larry Cog to a position, indicating changes in leadership. The source provides sparse details but confirms the two individuals were named to fill roles. Additional context about offices or dates is not available.
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