Optical props man makes a living in Las Vegas shop
Roger Jesme runs Light Instruments in Las Vegas, a shop specializing in optical props and coin operated telescopes. His clients range from school districts to police, FAA, Harbor Department, and film crews. He sent a telescope to Hong Kong for a Jane Fonda movie and once chauffeured Claudette Colbert to a set.
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Roger Jesme
Light Instruments
Hong Kong
Jane Fonda
Claudette Colbert
Jesme
United States
Jesse
Snow Summit
Puget Sound
Grand Canyon
California
Desert View
Los Angeles Police Departments
Swat Team
FAA
Harbor Department
Palos Verdes
Calif
Inventors Group Seeks To Protect Yankee Ingenuity
Alexander Marinaccio leads the Inventors Club of America from a cluttered Springfield office with a pyramid antenna and a beach blanket peg. He argues small American inventors face foreign competition and idea theft, while the club pushes patent reform and mutual aid. The group, revived in 1970, now has about 150 local members and several hundred nationwide.
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Alexander Marinaccio
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New England
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Taiwan
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Fertilizer Use Reported By Los Alamos Lab
United States uses about 8 million metric tons of nitrogenous fertilizer yearly. Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory reports the retail value at nearly two billion dollars.
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United States
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
University of California
Carter Brings Nebraska Opinion Makers To Back Panama Treaties
Washington AP President Carter met about 300 Nebraska opinion leaders in the White House East Room urging public support for the Panama Canal treaties. Speakers included Sol Linowitz Zbigniew Brzezinski and Gen. Bernard Rogers. Some Nebraskans said they remain undecided while others shifted toward ratification after the briefing. Senator Zorinsky noted the Nebraska poll will guide his vote but not dictate it.
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Sol Linowitz
Air Force
John Stetson
Army
Bernard W. Rogers
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Ray Brown
Broken Bow
Jimmy Carter
Brown
Panama
John J. Fricke
Omaha
Phillys Lyons
McCook
Nebraska Federation of Democratic Women
Ralph Taylor
Ron Henningsen
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William Avery
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Dave Shaughnessy
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Eli Schupack
Lawten
Oklahoma
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