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...broadcasters have set up a commercial station beyond the reach of French regulation in tiny Andorra. Free Enterpriser Fogh incorporated himself in Liechtenstein as "Internationale Merkur Radio Anstalt," bought an ancient, 100-ton freighter and fixed her up with Panamanian registry, a 36-kw. transmitter, a towering g8-ft. antenna. He tapes programs in a suburban villa near Copenhagen, ferries them out to sea in his own cabin cruiser...
...handle. The two-man crew was picked for their light weight and warned to stay thin. The pilot doubles as observer, and the copilot does everything else, including aiming and setting the camera. Silva and G.E. engineers solved the transmitting problem by tacking a 3-ft.-long modified helical antenna on the whirlybird, setting up a receiving dish atop KTLA's Mount Wilson power plant. The dish follows the copter's movements, relays its signals onto the horne screen. Cost of camera equipment: $40,000; helicopter...
...string of odd items hit the sea at moderate speed and started shouting, "Here I am!" in four different voices. An underwater bomb exploded, sending sound waves to distant hydrophones. An antenna rose from the top of the floating balloon and transmitted radio signals that were audible 60 miles away. A stroboscopic light started flashing so brightly that it could be seen for 20 miles. A fluorescent dye spread over the water, making a patch of bright color to attract search aircraft. As a final touch, a shark-repelling chemical dissolved in the water. Sharks are fascinated by the recovery...
...acoustics, making of it a poetic circumstance." A mighty crescent rises out of lagoons to the apex of the combined opera house and civic auditorium. Beneath the auditorium is a planetarium; on top, a crenelated cupola housing "Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp." Close by, soars a towering TV antenna in the form of Mohammed's sword. For his more mundane second commission, a central post office building, Wright sunk the main floor 11 ft. into the earth to get away from the heat, screened the glass sides with pendant iron grille, left a spacious interior garden court with fountains...
...waning moon graced the eastern sky. Their light faded, and at 6:45 the sun burst bright and yellow above a cloud bank to bathe the slender dark-green-and-white Vanguard rocket standing on Launch Pad 18A. In Vanguard's nose was a 3¼-lb. antenna-horned space satellite that symbolized at once the hope and despair of all the men at the Cape. Temperamental Vanguard, twice a spectacular failure, was once again ready for the shoot: the countdown was onT minus 16 minutes...