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...look at another monument to U.S. history: a statue to be placed in a memorial at Normandy's Omaha Beach, where some 9,300 U.S. soldiers, sailors and airmen are buried in a military cemetery. The plaster model showed a 22-ft. figure (to be cast in bronze) of a semi-nude youth with rippling loincloth, his head and arms flung up and out, apparently on the point of taking off heavenward...
...Floor Plaster. A new, concrete-like material which can be used as a flooring or in place of wall plaster is being marketed by Surface Coatings, Inc. of Atlanta. Water resistant and able to withstand heavier shocks than either plaster or regular concrete, it is made with a latex and water binder which makes it stick to masonry, plaster, wood, glass or metal. As terrazo flooring, it needs to be applied only a quarter inch thick, compared to the usual 1 to 1½ in. Price: 75? per sq. ft. for terrazo flooring...
...leaves his home in Syracuse, N.Y. to teach at Syracuse University. The rest of the time he pads about in beret and white smock, puffing king-sized cigarettes and working furiously at a whole array of statues. For the University of Vienna, Mestrovic is modeling a portrait bust in plaster of the famed Croatian scholar, Vatroslav Jagic (1838-1923); he has just shipped off a 6-ft. bronze of St. Anthony for Oxford University; and he is working on a full-scale model of a statue as a gift for the people of his homeland, honoring Montenegro's 19th...
...saying much. Siqueiros seemed disappointed that no riot had broken out, added hopefully: "The students in the university are progressive. They will like it, but wait until outsiders see it." Just to make sure, Siqueiros planned to address a mass meeting in Morelia to explain his mural, had friends plaster reproductions all over Mexico City...
Powder Barrel. Rommel needed fast-moving quartermasters to carry out his formula for tactical success: hit the enemy first, hit him hard, keep hitting him when he is on the run. "I found again and again . . . the day goes to the side that is first to plaster its opponent with fire. The man who lies low and awaits developments usually comes off second best...