Godfather special effects used squibs on glasses and gunpowder charges
In a Q and A from Columbus Ohio readers reveal how The Godfather created terrifying scenes. A special eyeglasses rig used a squib and powder cap to shatter glass and explode a squib outward for eye safety. Other gunshot effects used remote charges near the firing area.
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Sonny
Gerhard
Columbus
Ohio
A. D. Flowers
Frank Sinatra
Helen Wolf
Astoria
N.Y. A
Tony Bennett
Sinatra
Tony
Bennett
Crossword Clue Set Olio Across and Down
A dense list of crossword clues across and down with numeric positions and partial word prompts, covering definitions for animals, plants, objects, and names, including verbs, adjectives, and abbreviations for a broad puzzle fill.
Today in History for Tuesday June 18 1972
The date lists key historic events with dates and figures. Highlights include the 1944 D Day Normandy landings, Nathan Hale born in 1755, Alsace transfer to Germany in 1871, James Meredith injury in 1966, Kennedy at West Point in 1963, and Suez conflict in 1956 with 48 killed in an Air West crash.
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Associated Press
Normandy
France
Nathan Hale
Coventry
Conn
Alsace
Germany
University of Mississippi
James Meredith
Meredith
Mississippi
John F. Kennedy
US Military Academy
United States
Mediterranean
Egypt
Suez Canal
Air West
Navy
California
San Gabriel Mountains
Flea Bites Year Highlights Dog Cat Parasite Facts
1972 proves a big year for fleas says NEA Science Editor David Hendin. Dr. Grover Cloyd notes fleas on dogs and sometimes on humans. fleas cause irritation allergies and can carry diseases such as tapeworms. Flea collars with Vapona DDVP offer one effective control, while historical plagues show fleas spreading from rats to people.
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New York
NEA
Grover Cloyd
Dr. Cloyd
A. H. Robins Co
Europe
Cloyd
Robins Co
Kevin Shea
Committee For Environmental Information
St Louis
Envronment
Shea
Bacharach Honored With Music Degree At McGill
Montreal AP Burt Bacharach a McGill dropout received an honorary doctor of music degree from McGill University. Bacharach, 43, left the school in 1948 after two years. He is renowned composer and pop figure.
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Montreal
Burt Bacharach
McGill University
Bacharach
McGill
Accusing Eye and Letters to the Editor Mix in Mt Vernon
A collage of opinion pieces and reader letters criticizes bureaucratic leadership and media coverage. Notable items reference Nadina Parsa at a Tehran dinner for Nixon, a cancer society thank you, directory digs into syndicated columnists, and a brief note recalling 1918 Marine action and 1934 creation of the SEC.
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U.S. of A
Naval
Henry A. Kessinger
Nadina Parsa
Iran
Ministry of Information
Tehran
Nixon
Abbas Haieyda
Miss Parsa
Henry
Virgin Islands
W. A
Mt. Vernon
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Jackson
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Benjamin Franklin
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Jesus
D. Carroll
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Irving Wallace
Wallace
Harry Folfes
Covington
Treasury Department
Billy Graham
Stephen M
Burlington, Vt. A
South America
HY Gardner
Olio
Ashoe
Nevada City
Nick Ina
Austria
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
MT. Vernon Register News
North Ninth Street
Mt Vernon
Hlineis
MT. Vernon News
Consolidated
John E. Rackaway
Orian Metcalf
Guy Henry
Bob Forbes
Nadine Allison
Robt, K. Thompson
Charles Deitz
J. Edwin Rackaway
WM. C. Rackaway
THE
Ilinois
Jefferson County
Jefferson
David Hendin
Science
Louisville, Ky
Vaughn Meader
Meader
Todd Hollenbach
Leslie Barr
Pittsburgh
I. W. Abel
United Steelworkers of America
Abel
Keybeiscayne
Fla
Rep
John Ashbrook
Berry's
Mr. Henry
American Cancer Society
Thelma Fahrenholtz
Reba S. Harman
Ivan E. McConnaughhay
Horace Schoeller
Schoeller
Mike Karcher
U.S. Congress
Securities and Exchange Commission
Nic IN
Thanx
Colleen B. Pifer
Winchester
Granada
Tomorro
Mark Rydell
Panavision
Technicolor
Warner Bros
Kinney Company
Istadium
Dick Ross & Associates
Pat Boone
David Wilkerson
Billy Jack Cer
Geo Maree Hot
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