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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Thursday, Oct. 8, 1959 .3 Chunk of Glass Being Polished For Telescope o Corning, N.Y.-UPMScience Service) - For the next 24 months, specialists will be giv ing a gentle rubdown to a 4,000-pound chunk of glass. The specialists will be grinders and polishers, and the chunk of glass ultimately will be an 84-inch telescope mirror slated for the Kitt Peak National Observatory now ' being built 40 miles southwest of Tucson, Ariz. Corning Glass Works here has shipped the huge mirror blank to Tucson where a spe cial grinding - and - polishing shop has been set up. O The new mirror blank is the largest piece of glass ever produced Jy placing solid chunks ofe glass on a mold and sagging them into a single mass0 under temperatures of 2.300d e g r e ss Fahrenheit, Sagging reduced bubble inclu sions in the 13-jpch-thick mir ror blank. Borosilicate glass was chosen for the job because of its low expansion, thermal assistance, and mechanical strength. On of Six JThe 84-inch mirror will 1e one of six to go into the tele scope. It will throw concen- . trated light rays from the stars toward the upper end of the telescope. The rays then fall on the eyepiece or photo graphic plate. Secondary reflective pieces range from 29 to 24 inches. They will send light to observ ing instruments. Two of the smaller mirrors will be at the top of the telescope tubes and mounted jn ie central struc ture. These hyperbolic mirrors will magnify the image re turned to the instruments be Mnd the mirror cell. Other auxiliary flat mirrors will send ight down through the telescope's polar axis into the laboratory room. 9 Kangaroo Hunters Make Good Money Ivanhoe, Australia - (DPI) Professional hunters are mak ing good money these days skooting kangaroos. Kangaroo meat sells for only fourpence (four cents) a pound for dog food: it is not a popular table delicacy here. B3t the skins sell for up to 17 shillings (two dollars) each -about 60 pence (56 cents) a pound, compared with 45 pence (42 cents) a pound for wool. o But it's not just a matter of paPking up a pea rifle and letting fly. For a start, you must have an army-type .303 caliber rifle; nothing less will stop a 'roo, and even then the head must be the target. One shooter in this town "just down the road" from Broken Hill - about 200 miles - said he was making $225 a week from skins. He could easily make more but he has- n't the time to skin any more kangaroos if he shoots them. Asked whether shooting them would ever make a size able dent in the kangaroo ilation. one rancher re plied: "Good Lord, no. The idea is to drive 'em onto the next bloke's place." . Pony Saves for Boy's Education O Perkins, Okla. -4UPB- Three-and-a-half-year-old Rod Buck will be able to say someday ft that a pony helped put him thrmiffh college. Like many small boys, Rod exoressed a wish for a pony His parents, Shirley and Mar- win Buck, shared a common interest in horses and rodeos en thP-S couldn't deny their on his wish. But a high school teacher like Marvin can hardly afford the expense of keeping horse. So the Bucks came up. with this plan. A mare could pay her own way with a foal every year. And if they kept the fillies, added them to the brood mares and sold the colts, the ponies would even tW a nrofit. They decided this was the way to save for Rod's college education. The first purchase was "Kewpie Doll," a 7-year-old black mare with a gentle dis position. Her first foal was born in June. Rod named her "Sugarfoot." So now Rod has two play mates - and a good start on a solid investment for his future. O Oysters R Getting Fewer New York OJPD - Oyster fan ciers can expect higher prices as the season advances. 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