NEWS FOCUS
SAFETY FILM. Cameramen finish filming a part of the new Du Pont movie called "Safe Handling of Light Ends." This sequence shows the proper way to combat a fire near LP gas storage tanks. The 20-minute color film will be shown for the first time on Nov. 12 at the American Petroleum Institute meeting
FEWER POUNDS PER POLE. Carrying a lamppost really isn't too difficult when it's made of glass-reinforced polyester plastic. This one, measuring about 17 feet, weighs only 42 pounds. Produced by Scobalit-Werk in Andernach, West Germany, it has the further advantages of resisting bad weather conditions and of having its color built right in 126
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DURABLE. At Krampe Plating & Finishing, vinyl pipe carries air to bottom of a tank to agitate the hot nickel-plating solution. Piping is Goodrich's Hi-Temp Koroseal, which is still in good shape after two years of use. Plastic formerly used lasted only three months
THAT OLD-TIME CHEMISTRY. To mark the 100th anniversary of the Land Grant College Act, the chemistry department at the University of Wisconsin, Kenosha, held a special open house. Head of the department, Dr. Howard Gottlieb (center), and students dressed up in costumes of the 1860's
and demonstrated some of the popular chemical experiments of the day. Here, Dr. Gottlieb performs a fractional filtration in a series of cones known as Hippocrates sleeves. On display were models of early chemical equipment. Costumes were loaned by individuals and various historical societies
RADIATION. At General Electric, Louis Nagy, Jr., checks a device for recording radiation in nuclear blast craters. Mounted on four foam-rubber legs, it is designed to be dropped by helicopter into a highly radioactive area. After about 10 days, it is picked up by helicopter and its recording is analyzed. Unit can be air-dropped without damage from higher altitudes than earlier detectors and performs more reliably, General Electric says
