Stratovision airborne TV could expand rural access
BAUKHAGE explains stratovision proposals from Westinghouse and E. Nobles who imagine airborne transmitters at 30 000 feet and multiple relay planes to blanket 500 miles. Tests in Zanesville draw skepticism but proponents say eight to fourteen planes could reach 78 percent of the population, linking Hollywood and New York.
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Which sport is older baseball or basketball in this country
A quiz item asks which sport predates the other in this country with options baseball and basketball. It includes questions about broadcasting the presidential election winner, the tar heel state, farm fertilizer profit per dollar, current US population estimates, a July fourth born president, top five US cities by population, NRA leadership, and a South American geography trick.
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Hiram
Hugh Johnson
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Columbia
Answers to Quick Quiz on Facts and Figures
Baseball questions cover 1920 era president Harding, North Carolina, and general home cat exhibition breeds. It notes fertilizer return of 3.60 per dollar, a 144 million estimate, Calvin Coolidge, five major U S cities, senator Hugh Hiram from California, and Bogota as a city in Colombia.
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50 000-Mile Trip For Vacation Begins For Siebens
Harold W. Siebens of St. Louis with his mother and four relatives launches a two year journey covering about 50 000 miles from Alaska to Guatemala. He sold his business last year on doctors advice and travels in two light trucks with house trailers. The first leg heads to Alaska via the Alaska highway.
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