HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1959-08-27, Page 2Pink Snakes And
St. EImci's Fire
The Empire State is perhaps
the world's best known address.
Mail for the building and its
tenants has been properly and
promptly delivered when the
only address has been an out-
line drawing of Empire State.
It is a building richly en-
dowed with statistics and anec-
dotes, It is a building which,
when the occasion is right,some-
how is. able to reverse the laws
of nature. For example, atop Em-
pire State snow falls up, rain is
sometimes red, and pink "snakes"
can be seen by many visitors.
Whimsical wind currents are
responsible for many of the phe-
nomena. Red rain is attributable
to particles of red clay picked up
by capricious winds from the
suburbs and New Jersey. Snow
falls up rather than down be-
cause of the perverse air cur-
rents around the Empire State.
Pink "snakes" sometimes are
seen undulating in the air atop
the building. Strong winds pro-
duce this mirage which can be
identified as a huge python
writhing its way toward the
viewer.
When an electrical storm is
brewing, you can sample St,
Elmo's fire at the building ob-
servatory, Reach out through the
steel fence on the observatory
and you can catch hold of a
handful of cold blue flame. Or,
spread your fingers and this
ghostly phosphorescence will
play between your finger tips.
In the daylight, of course, you
can't see it, but you often can
hear the sound of St. Elmo's fire.
It's like frying a thousand eggs
at once.
Atop Empire State, visitors
often can produce their own
shows high above the streets of
New York City. These are espe-
cially clear on overcast days.
hake hands with someone up
there and it is greatly enlarged
and reflected in the sky a dozen
city blocks away. Parents have
amused children on such days
by throwing shadow rabbits on-
to the low-flying clouds,
The question most asked about
the Empire State Building is
"Does it sway?" The answer is
"No." We proved this fact scien-
tifically through independent en-
gineers a few years ago. Aero-
nautical engineers from the Min-
neapolis - Honeywell Regulator
Company installed their newest,
most efficient and ultra -precise
gyroscope on the 85th floor of
Empire State in 1956.
Their experiments proved con-
clusively that the Empire State
Building's movement off center
was never greater than approxi-
mately one-quarter inch at any
time. Thus, the measurable
movement was only a half inch
one=quarter inch each way
from the center.
Engineers tell us this fact sup-
ports the Empire State's reputa-
tion as a true engineering master-
piece. No building ever is con-
structed with a completely rigid
frame. If it were, engineers say,
thevibration effects would be so
evident to occupants as to be un-
comfortable, writes Colonel Hen-
ry Crown in The Christian Sci-
ence Monitor.
The "elastic" steel skeleton of
the Empire State enables it to
give" before high winds and
-thereby minimize their effect.
Instruments at the building have
recorded winds of 100 miles an
hour, and velocities of 60 to 80
miles an hour are not uncommon
in severe winter storms.
The magnificent view which,
under optimum conditions, em-
braces a five -state panorama
(Massachusetts, Connecticut New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, • and New
York) is the only one of its kind
anywhere in the world.
Day and night this spectacu-
lar scene has drawn some 16, -
ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE FIRST University Hospital in Los Angeles hit the jackpot when the seven
Grundrum children all appeared at the same time to have their tonsils out, left to right, are,
James, 12; Patricia, 10; Ann Marie, 8; Joseph; 7; Jonathan, 5; Kenneth, 4, and ''Denise, 2.
Nurse Helen Phillips beckons them into surgery.
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INCOMETAX Un'IaaI
'Sir, I thought I won our ar-
gtmient over that item the
last. time."
000,000 persons. to the Empire
State's 86th and 102nd floor ob-
servatories to look 'clown upon
the fabulous New York City, its
streets teeming with activity;
and to look out over its harbors
and rivers where the giant ocean
liners constantly ply the waters
or, above, where the vapor trails
of the jet planes leave traffic pat-
terns in the'sky.
At night, New York puts, on
its electric jewelry to offer a
dazzling view of the city as the
countryside also turns up its
lights in welcome tothe visitor.
While the observatory isa
visitor's window on the world,
the Empire State Building itself.
is a bustling business center and
provides the office headquarters
for leading corporations in. Ame-
rican industry and their 16,000
workers.
Its internal and structural
statistics are as staggering to
the imagination as the view and
the weather phenomena seen
from its. top.
Empire State's steel work
weighs 60,000 -tons, the largest
single steel order ever placed
for building construction. Loads
on individual columns are in ex-
cess of 10,000,00 pounds, more
than 5,000 tons,
There are 74 modern, signal
control, self - leveling elevators,
including five store elevators. Ex-
press elevators take only 60 sec-
onds to make the run from the
ground floor to the 80th floor, and
there are several elevators cap-
able of rising 1,200 feet a minute.
They assure safe and quick traf-
fice movement for tenants and
visitors.
SO YOU'RE BACK; GET SHAVED — Thirty-year-old Petrus Jericho
Loomakeki was clean shaven, left, when he started his around-
the -world bicycle trip, A year later he arrived back' at his
home In Malang, East Sumatra, with a wild beard and shaggy
hair, right. His bicycle had carried him to India, Burnie, the
Continenl, England, Canada, the U.S.A., Hawali, China, Japan,
ane! flee rhilie•pines. Unimpressed, Loemakeki's wife erdered
him to spruce up.
`z TARLE TALKS
"',t ekar Andvews
Sometimes homemakers forget
that fresh fruits and vegetables
come well equipped with a pre-
cions supply of vitamins and
minerals that are• so ,important
to our general health. '
During the summer months
when these fresh fruits and
vegetables are in abundant ,sup-
ply, it is only natural that they
be included more frequently in
the menu plans.
Meat salads are always an in-
teresting entree and,can give you
an automatic outlet in the use of
leftovers.
STUFFED.' TOMATO SALAD
1 can (12 ounces) luncheon
meat, ground
1 cup finely chopped celery
IA cup pickle relish
4,4 cup minced onion
• eup mayonnaise
1 teaspoon lemon juice
6 tomatoes
Lettuce or 'endive
}/ cup sour cream
Combine meat, .celery, relish,
onion, mayonnaise and lemon
juice. Mix thoroughly and chill.
Cut tomatoes almost through in
6 sections and spread open,
flower -shaped, on lettuce leaf or
endive. Fill each tomato with ap-
proximately 1 cup filling. Com-
bine sour cream and spoon about
2 tablespoons dressing over each
filled tomato. Garnish with pars-
ley, if desired. Yield: 6 servings.
* *
TANGY CELERY MOLD •
1` envelope unflavored gelatin
• cup cold water
1 eup boiling water
34 -cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
i/ cup mayonnaise or salad
dressing
1/2 cup sour cream
a/ cup mustard sauce
1 cup sliced celery
Soften gelatin in cold water;
-dissolve in boiling • water. Add
sugar and salt; stir until dis-
solved: Blend mayonnaise and
next 3 ingredients. Gradually
stir in gelatin mixture. Chill,
until slightly thickened. Fold in
celery; spoon into 8 individual
molds or a 1 -quart ring mold.
Chill until firm, Serve as an
accompaniment salad for meats
and cold cuts. Makes 8 servings.
* * *
PINEAPPLE CABBAGE SLAW
1 can (9 ounces) 'or 1 cup ,
drained, crushed pineapple
2 cups shredded cabbage '
r/2 cup :chopped celery
*12 marshmallows, out in Pieces
/4. cup mayonnaise or salad
dressing
2 tablespoons mustard sauce
% teaspoon salt
Combine pineapple and next 3
ingredients. Blend mayonnaise
and remaining ingredients, Pour
over cabbage mixture; toss gent-
ly.
ently. Chill. Makes 4-5 servings.
*11 cups marshmallow bits
may be. substituted.
*
HAM LOAF
4 cups corn flakes
3 eggs
1 tablespoon prepared mustard
1 pound ground smoked ham.
N/2 pound ground lean pork
1/2 pound ground veal
1 cup milk
34 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons chopped green
pepper
Crush corn flakes into coarse
crumbs, Beat eggs slightly; stir
in mustard. Add corn flakes
crumbs and remaining ingredi-
ents; mix thoroughly. Press
lightly Into 9tJs x 51 -inch loaf
pan. Bake in moderate oven
(350° F.) about 11 hours.
0 * *
TOSSED'SALAD
1 head iceberg lettuce, torn in
bite -sized pieces
Iii bunch watercress, torn into
bite -sized pieces
riz green pepper, sliced
3 green onions, chopped,
6 radishes, sliced'
2 stalks celery, sliced
3 tomatoes, quartered
2 carrots, thinly sliced
with vegetable peeler
Place lettuce and watercress in
bottom of large salad bowl. Ar-'
range' remaining vegetables - on
top, Toss with French dressing.
Makes:4 servings.
DRESSING
/i cup salad oil
2 tablespoons vinegar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
34 teaspoon dry :mustard
3/ teaspoon salt
IA cup grated Canadian cheese
Paprika to, taste.
Put allingredients in a jar and
shake well.
* *
BANANA SALAD DRESSING
3/2 cup sour cream
3/2 cup mayonnaise
2 ripe bananas
1 tablespoon honey, jam or
preserves
Combine sour cream and may-
onnaise and blend well. Peel and
mash bananas and add to sour
cream mixture. Add honey;
blend. Chill and serve on banana
salad.
Makes about 11 cups..
*For vegetable salad, substitute
1 tablespoon catsup for honey,
jam,or preserve.
In Taipei, Formosa, Mrs. Kao
Lai. Chao -chi, who feeds 50 rats
each night in her home chari-
tably, explained: "Rats are no
worse - than many human be-
ings."
* * *
The adaptability of the com-
mon mallard has .made it the
chief wild duck of the . world,
for it will breed almost any-
where . if unmolested, and it
readily adapts itself to civiliza-
tion in general.
In The Summer
Boarder Season
The gay summer season of
fun -fun -fun is upon .us, here in
Maine, and from every nook and
cranny of the state the joyous
whpop of the paying customer
resounds. Then, too, may be
heard the chuckle of the resi-
dent voter, for living in a re-
gion that takes boarders is not
without its unserious moments.
Just after the railroads of Maine,
petitioned for the right to cease
all passenger service, John D,
Rockefeller, Jr„ arrived by train
with -20 cornpanions to enjoy
the 'season at Seal Harbour, as
has been the Rockefeller wont
now for some time, Meditation
and reflection come easy after
a few such things.
Just the other day Mr. Leo
Lee of Kitery was driving into
Sanford, and on Berwick Street
his boat ran amok and crashed
a telephone pole. The news story
added that "no one was injur-
ed," This season is like that. Ex-
cept for trucks, , half the autos
on Maine highways this season
are boats, And the recent Maine
Legislature quite readily enact-
ed a new boat tax.,
The cultural aspects of a sum-
mer in Maine are many. All win-
ter nothing happens except a
Holman D;y poem at Grange
literary hour, and then we are
-beset and surrounded. Summer
theatres bring in the matinee
idol and the TV star, Everybody
goes about once, with the lob-
stermen and dairy farmers rub-
bing elbows with the patroniz-
ing yacht and rusticating set,
and however earnestly or how-
ever lightly ' you approach the
pleasure, the summer theatres
do a fine job.
Then under the `trees will be
musicales, featuring a retired
marine engineer who surprising-
ly blows a hot bassoon, or there
will be something like Harps -
well Day. On Harpswell Day a
literary program is staged un-
der the huge painting of Elijah
Kellogg, writer of books for
boys and long-time pastor of
the tiny church on "The Neck."
This year Marie Peary Stafford,
who was born up in the Arctic
Circle,' recalled her father, who.
discovered the North Pole.
At Head Tide, the ancient
church there was opened again
for its single, annual eeri'ice. At
• Dresden, a historical "society re-
dedicated an ancient :ettrthouse,
Not everything. is sp" .eradite,
however. Up from Boston came
an ancient horse-drawn wagon,
advertising Caribou's 100th an-
niversary celebration, for which
the 'town was decked and the
men in beards. • Young ladies
were competing •-= Miss Potato
Blossom, Miss Poultry ' Queen,
Miss Apple, Miss Lobster. And
Miss Maine Herself, in love,
chucked her title and prospects
toget married, and the runner-
up
unner-.
up hastily took over.
At Calais, Norridgewock, Bow-
doinham, and many other places
their smallish celebrations' were,
huge successes, but Bangor's
year-long 125th program was
said to be flopping a bit and
nobody knew why; but tourists
were snapping pictures of the
new, and world's tallest, statue
of Paul Bunyan at about 'a
thousand an. hour. Hardly any-
body turned out to see a Maine
woodsman roast a 20 -pound
chunk ' of beef on an 'open fire,
competing for $3,500 in cash and
the title. of World's. Champ Cook -
Out King, but . Eastman Kodak
will declare a fat dividend on
account of 32 -feet of fibre -glass
statuary. '
Spending vast sums' to invite
and entice its summer visitors,
Maine had the foresight to enact
a 3 per cent tax on "transient
rentals," which includes camp-
ing lots.
At Casco Bay, just as the
Fourth of July surge of island-
ers promised prosperity, the Cas-
co Bay Lines was struck by its
workers, leaving half the peo-
ple at sea and the other half
at shore. Lobstermen and pleas -
Ore craft sought to alleviate thw
distress, carrying folks where
they wanted to go with neigh-,
borly kindness, but the Coast
Guard arrested them for carry-
ing passengers without licensee
and things like that, pitting the
government against its 'people
and stirring up some talk about
the general welfare and the bles-
sings of liberty.
As multitudes moved into
IVfaine to enjoy the vast wilder-
tress regions, a couple of inter-
esting surveys were going on.
One is by the international
Quoddy commission, which is
talking about flooding recrea-
tional areas to "prime" the
tidal power project, if and when.
The Otller is a national park
proposal to shut off thousands of
acres of northern . fastness so it
can remain pristine •and unen-
joyed.
At Harrison, teen-age campers
interested in journalism gather-
ed for a forum and listened to
along program of lectures, while
at, Rangeley "Doe" Grant, whl
runs a restaurant, announced his
first annual "mutt race," with
handsome prizes for winning
clogs.
Oh, yes — at that Bangor
cook -down, seeking the cham-
pion outdoor chef, a sailor of an
Atlantic Fleet minesweeper,
James Mastronardi of Kenosha,
Wisconsin. ' borrowed a patio
grill, won $300 for his dessert.
He said he didn't know just:
what the dessert was, but it was
in the Navy cookbook, and the
boys like it.
St. Regis paper company re-
ported sales were up. declared
dividends. S. D. Warren • Com-
pany, another timberland mill,
raised pay. And woodland activ-
ity included the announcement
that the entire staff of Sports
Afield, national outdoor' maga-
zine, would hold editorial semin-
ars at Squaw Mountain, deep in
the Moosehead country.
As summer got under way,
though, Maine's best news of the
year was far from sports afield
— Raytheon, biggest • industrial
employer in Massachusetts, an-
nounced it would build a plant
in Maine, - because the "tax
climate" was propitious, and the
Legislature had shown a sym-
pathetic industrial attitude. Al-
so, Maine people have skills not
always found in other sections
of - the country, It: was a tidy
compliment that hadnothing , to
do with- the Summer Season at
all, but added one more to the
long list of reasons for coming
to Maine, — By John Gould in
The Christian Science Monitor.
Beach picnics are fine occa-
sions for getting a little rough-
age added to your diet.
ISSUE 34 — 1959
CORN -FED — Miss Franca,
Francoise Saint-Laurent,' take%
time out to munch on a delicacy
almost nonexistent in her native
land.
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FIELD. TRIAL MAYBE? — Under arrest for drunk en driving, el San rransisco, Calif, sports car
driver complained that the city should not pu t fly paper on its streets. His roadster became
marooned when he attempted to drive on wet concrete.