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THE HARTFORD1 COURANT: W.dnwd.y, S.p. 20, 43 In Modern Age XMifMM Glow of Lightships Dimming Good Workmanship Probably the best way to be certain that all the workmanship on your new home or remodeling tvivvt vr done is to employ an architect to design and supervise the job, Takes All Kinds Twenty five or more species of trees are used in plywood today- For decades, the only kind used in any quantity was the Douglas fir in the Pacific Northwest. I vide quarters for a small crew, i These men will face the same boredom endured by sailors on WASHINGTON The flashing rays of lonely little lightships still guide vessels along United States coasts. Many are being replaced by stationary towers, but 13 manned ships survive, the National Geographic Society says. The famed Ambrose Lightship of New York Harbor was blacked out in August, 1967.

The Ambrose beamed the brightest beacon, one whose 5,560,000 candlepower glare would have projected for 64 sea miles if the earth were. flat. The ship was replaced by a tower with Some of the new offshore towers are unmanned; others pro- He will oversee all parts of the project from the over-all strength of the structure to the installation of such things as plumbing, ceramic tile, electri The Pilgrims might not have survived in New England but for the help of Chief Massosoit of the Wampanoag tribe. He and several other chiefs gave the Plymouth colony generous amounts of land and supplies. cal wiring and other important features.

In addition, an architect helps insure that you get full value for your money. Tradition Demands Tower For Great World's Fairs (5) and Toronado (2). All models have undergone substantial restyling, front and rear, including new grilles, new side moldings, and revised rear end treatment. The Toronado, in particular, has taken on a more sophisticated personalized car look, with more graceful lines. Front and rear bumpers and lamps are new'.

Headlamps are concealed behind twin grilles which retract upward with lights on. Introduction date is Thursday. OLDS HAS MECHANICAL IMPROVEMENTS: The 1968 Oldsmobile Delmont 88 together with all the new Olds features a long list of mechanical improvements. Among these are larger front wheel cylinders for better overall brake effectiveness and balance. Powering the Delmont is a standard 350-cu.

in. 2-barrel V-8 engine. A 455 cu. in. V-8 is also available.

There are 17 distinctly different models in the larger Olds series which includes Delmont 88 (4), Delta 88 (4), Delta Custom (2), Ninety-Eight lightships, but the hazards should be less. The structures have a life expectancy of "75 years, and can withstand winds up to 125 miles an hour. Lightship duty challenges the ablest seaman. Tethered to a precisely charted station by a four ton anchor, the red-hulled vessels ride out the wildest storms. When hurricane warnings fly and other craft scurry to port, lightships keep the light, foghorn, and radio signal operating-Fog is the most common adversary.

Ships groping through murk are guided by the lightship's radio signal and the foghorn's vibrating blast. Sometimes a ship homes in on the lightship beacon with disastrous results. On May 15, 1934, a liner rammed the Nantucket Shoals Lightship; it went down with seven crewmen. In a heavy fog on June 24, 1960, a freighter sank, a relief Ambrose Lightship. All hands were saved.

Lightships probably are as old as seafaring itself. Blazing spire required 2,500.000 rivets and 18,036 steel sections. Some people said it was the ugliest thing they'd ever seen, but they couldn't wait to take the nerve-jarring elevator ride to the tower's wind-rocked summit. The "temporary" Eiffel Tower paid back its $1,560,000 cost in two years a fact not lost on the frugal French and in time nobody talked about tearing it down. The tower not only served as forerunner for other achievements" in metalworking; it became a symbol of France itself, and remains one of Europe's foremost tourist attractions.

World of Tomorrow The New York World's Fair "K7E WITCHED SL InlEAT Unlimited checks (BUSINESS OR PERSONAL) free with our NC-200 checking account No charge for service or for checks with minimum monthly balance of $200. And if you on Roman galleys of 1939-40 had an architectural winner with two great geometric I forms the Trylon and Peris-'phere. The 700-foot-hish, three-sided spire stood beside a vast hollow globe with an animated model city (World of Tomorrow) I tucked inside. I Brussels awed visitors to its jl958 World's Fair with a 335- WASHINGTON Remember the Trylon and Perisphere? The Atomium'' The Soace Needle? Like the Eiffel Tower, they were the shrewdlv designed symbols of past world fairs, the National Geographic Society says. San Antonio, host for Hemis-Fair '68, carries on the tradit'on with a soaring Tower of the Americans that will permanently dominate the city's skyline.

On a clear day, HemisFair visitors will be able to see a lot of Texas from the 622-foot-high, white concrete monolith. Diners Will Rotate A revolving restaurant and observation platforms are standard features of world fair towers these days, and the Tower of the Americas is no exception. The San Antonio structure also will have a private club at the 560-foot level. London set a fast pace for flashy fair architecture in 1851 at the Great Exhibition of Industry of All Nations. Exhi '51 as it would doubtless be known these days, lured 6,039,195 paying customers to its Crystal Palace, a glittering glass exhibit hall covering 20 acres.

Lord Macaulay said Crsytal Palace was "beyond the dreams of Arabian romances." It was more than an awe-inspiring gimmick; it represented the first effective use of prefabricated parts and glass panes for walls. Crystal Palace crumpled and melted in a fire many years later, leaving Paris' Eiffel Tower to reign supreme as the highest and most famous of all world fair structures. M. Gustave Eiffel designed and built his follie as the temporary showpiece for the Paris Exposition of 1889. The 984-foot and lowered our annual fuel costs!" WE'RE GLAD WE SWITCHED TO OIL!" doubled as signal lights and as weapons against marauding pirates.

Rowboats With Lanterns The first known true lightship was an oversized rowboat anchored in the Thames Estuary of England in 1732. The vessel's two small oil lanterns had a dangerous tendency to blow out in gales. America's first lightship was a craft "seventy tons burthen copper fastened and coppered" stationed off Norfolk, Virginia, in 1820. By 1858, 48 lightships guarded United States coasts. Early lanterns were fueled with fish oil kerosene, and colza oil pressed from wild cabbage seeds.

Modern navigation aids buoys, radio, radar, loran, and now the offshore structures steadily decreased the need for lightships. Many an old mariner mourns their passing. The dependable lightship, its name emblazoned in white letters across a red hulk, seemed to give a personal go below the $200 minimum monthly balance, there's still no service charge and you Dav onlv lOi a check. Open You know you You know they're with clean OIL HEAT iooi-nign steei ana aluminum tower. Called the Atomium, it symbolized peaceful use of the atom and represented a metal crystal magnified 150 billion times.

The Atomium whisked sightseers up through metal arms to nine shining spheres, each nearly 60 feet wide. There was a restaurant in the topmost "atom." The symbol of Seattle's Century 21 Eposition (1962) was the 606-foot Space Needle. This permanent structure rises like a gigantic sheaf to provide a bird's-eye view of the city and snow-glazed Mt. Rainier. Windows and kitchen in the Eye of the Needle Restaurant remain stationary, but the diners complete a 360-degree turn each hour.

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