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...FROGS at the Recreation Building--Wellesley College: Spectacular amphibean extravaganza. Cast of thousands includes Greek heroes, swimming pool as "River Stix" (sic), a fiberglass rowboat as Charon's ferry, and a chorus of singing, swimming frogs. February...
Boat Cover. A lightweight fiberglass cover for small boats was put on the market by Baltimore's Triangle Mfg. Co. Tailored in sizes for boats 12 ft. to 18 ft. long, the cover will not rip or mildew, weighs only 5 Ibs. in the 18-ft. size. Price: $12.99 (12-footer) to $19.99 (18-footer...
...planet, a gold-plated fiberglass cone weighing 13.4 Ibs., did not compare in weight with the 796-lb. Lunik that the Russians put into solar orbit early in January, but its instruments apparently worked much better. The signal from its tiny transmitter was so strong that the 250-ft. radio telescope at Jodrell Bank, England could have followed it 4,000,000 miles into space if its batteries had lasted. The Russians reported that they lost their Lunik's signal (which no one else had followed) at 370,000 miles...
Bill Tripp set to work on the fiberglass design in 1956 for a Connecticut lawyer named Frederick Lorenzen, who was dissatisfied with wooden boats ("I don't like them. They leak"). Many small boats have been built of fiber glass, but few of ocean-racing size. At the Beetle Boat Co. in East Greenwich, R.I., a fiberglass mold was built around a wooden mockup of Tripp's design. From the mold came the racers themselves, including Rhubarb, Southern Star II and Lorenzen's boat Seal. Last year the three sister yawls performed beautifully in the Newport...
Plastic Hubcaps. A plastic hubcap that will not rust or dent was put on sale by Colorado Fiberglass Corp. Made to fit any 14-or 15-in. wheel, the hubcaps come in 20 two-tone color combinations, do not show scratches because the color runs all the way through. Cost: about the same as chrome hubcaps...