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Seventy-five pounds of the copper filaments soared aloft aboard a Midas IV satellite two weeks ago, in an experiment conducted by M.I.T.'s Lincoln Laboratory. Anticipating that the copper hairs would form a belt encircling the globe, the scientists hoped that this belt would act as a huge antenna, reflecting radio signals back to earth...
...some instances, foster parents turn out to be no better than some parents for whom they substitute. Only two months ago the Los Angeles foster parents of a five-year-old girl "punished" her by tying her to the bathroom shower fixtures with a length of TV antenna wire; she was dead of strangulation a few hours later...
Basic to every efficient shelter are an air-intake-exhaust system, a first-aid kit, flashlights and a battery radio (the shelter may need an antenna; otherwise, the radio might be useless underground). Chemical toilets are available at reasonable prices; the minimum provision for disposing of human waste is a stock of plastic bags. Among other useful items: sanitary napkins (which can double as bandages), toothache pills, tranquilizers. deodorants and air purifiers, tight-lidded garbage cans, matches, a can opener, bunk beds with paper sheets, books and games for children...
...antenna, according to a station representative, is "the tallest thing in Cambridge." It is 100 feet higher than the old tower, and increases WHRB-FM's power to a full kilowatt...
Program test authority is temporary permission to broadcast until a new license is granted. WHRB-FM had to renew its license after it moved its antenna to the top of the Holyoke Health Center...