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...goes salt water, and into the salt water goes a powder that turns into hundreds of tiny shrimps (a magnifying glass is included). By the time these are eaten up. the instant fish are ready for life in a bigger tank and a grown-up diet. The instant fish kit ($2.98) is produced by Wham0 Mfg. Co.-the entrepreneurs of the Hula Hoop...
...MAKE A MONSTER," rasps the copy for the latest assembly kit-a ic-in. Frankenstein's monster at 98^. "Get Him Now Before He Gets You." The makers of the Frankenstein monster (and other movie monsters to come) include a pious aside to parents: "In the opinion of reputable authorities, [these models] actually perform a valuable service for the child." When "certain fantasies" center about such a model, instead of being "improperly focused," they are released "in the manner of steam escaping through the safety valve on a radiator...
From descriptions by Valerie and a witness who remembered seeing an erratic driver the morning after the murder, police were able to construct likenesses of the murderer from an Identi-Kit.* Among the suspects identified was a man named James Ryan. Checking this lead, Scotland Yard found a traveling salesman in Ireland who reported that he had written some postcards to England for a near illiterate acquaintance named Jimmy Ryan. One card in particular had seemed odd; it was addressed to a Mrs. Mary Hanratty, and it began: "Dear...
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...
Aspiring salesmen buy The Magic Word; teen-age girls are particularly fond of The Sound of Beauty, which comes with a make-up kit. But for the all-round illiterate the new vistas are unlimited: Improve Your Etiquette; Plan the Perfect Dinner Party; Achieve Sexual Harmony in Marriage; Skin Dive; Tell Your Children the Facts of Life...