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Is Up and Down
But Never Dull
CANTON, 0.-(INS)-Iife In the
shadow of a roller-coaster may be
a little noisy but it is never dulL
At least, it's always interesting
las far as Meade Duncan is con
cerned. And he should know, hav
ing proved his faith in his own
workmanship by buildin a home
under a roller-coaster he designed
and operates at Meyers Lake
Park, near Canton, O. ' "
Thrill-seekers often manifest
concern over the safety of the
'coaster, but Duncan is not Wor
FANCY PRANCE R Neva MlHUan. of Alhainbra, Cat,
competes In a preliminary of All-Western Band Review at Long
Beach, to choose top majorette of more than 100 western bands
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COINC THROUGH THE PACES CoL Alois
Fodhajsky, Viennese riding school director, pats horse through the
Levade In Rye, N. Y preparing for American exhibitions. Animal
raises forelegs off around and holds "living statue" position.
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W OH M . L I ST E N.I N C D E V I C E An engineer t
Leverknsen, Germany, tests a microphone and amplifier that mag
nifies sound 10,000 times, can locate tiny worms gnawing in wood,
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LATEST FROM PARI S Models wear masks dreamed
up by Paris hairdresser Fernand Aubry and fashioned in forms of
a bat and dragonfly. They are Intended to give a new twist to
masquerade balls, and It looks like they will.
GLOBULAR HOBBY A bowling alley (left), barber
shop (center) and covered wagon (right) are samples of work of
Bob Searicht of Long Beach, Calif, whose hobby Is to assemble
scenes inside discarded electric light globes. Most scenes are
placed in 1.000 and 500 watt size globes. The miniature carvings
; . are made of balsa wood, plastic and cardboard.
ried. He explains:
"Safety in roller-coasters de
pends on a number of things
ratchets, for example, to catch
cars that might slide backward in
the event of a power failure; spe
cial brakes to stop cars that might
plunge on into an injured part of
the track, and carefully-figured
grades to make sure cars don't
plunge down too far or go too
fast"
Duncan believes no roller-coast
er in the county has a drop of
more than 100 feet, but that when
"3'ou're going pretty fast, it some
times feels deeper than it really
is."
"The only thing that ever both
ers me," Mrs. Duncan says, "is the
noise of the merry-go-round. That
does get on my nerves.
Thailand Students
dollar exchange on the pretex of
sending children for study in Eng
land and America. Instead the
children had made tourist trips.
In other cases after the Finance
Ministry had made the allowances
the students remained in Thailand.
Regulations were later tightened
to check these abuses.
Take to Society
BANGKOK -(Ay- Jolted by re
ports that 200 Thai "students" in
England are not going to school
but are living the life of "society
butterflies," the Thailand govern
ment has ordered a committee rep
resenting four ministries to inves
tigate. The reports were brought
from England by a Thai Judge who
recently visited London.
Finance Ministry officials said
students in England receive an an
nual allowance of $1,540 each.
About 350 students in the United
States were allowed a proportion
ate amount But the officials said
MEN HFXT
CINCINNATI, O. -(INS)- A
novel idea on how to educate todd
lers comes from a nursery school
director in Cincinnati. Dr.CAlllls
Almy wants men on the staffs of
nursery schools. She has come to
the conclusion that little tots
should grow up having close con
tacts with One men.
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Salem Height Camp
Fire Qirls Planning
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SALEM HEIGHTS The "Eh-
awee" Camp Fire group met Mon
day at the home of their leader.
Mrs. Charles nagemann.
The group held an election of
officers, with Jeannette Harrison
being elected president; Geraldine
weilard. vice president; Pat Marg
gL secretary; Carol Hagemann,
treasurer; Elsie Strong, song lead
er, and Lynn Amrine reporter.
The group is turning in note
books this week to the Camp Fire
office to be checked for their
first honor 'bead.
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