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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-19
by CATHERINE DILLER

This is the third part of the his
tory of Rawson as written by Miss
Diller for her history class at Bluff
ton College. The villa &c will observe
the Tooth anniversary pf its founding
next year.
Andy Hardwick, in Gilman, tells
how he came to RaYson with his wife
in 1900. He startea out working for
the Ohio Oil, drilling near Rawson.
After more and mbre oilmen came to
town, he applied for a job in the oil
industry in Bornep. He left the Unit
led States in 1914 and returned in
1882. During this time he spent Is
years in Borneo, and three years in
Burma and he has been around the
world four times. In 1914 he had
originally started for Rumania and
World War l broke out, so he went
to Borneo instead.
He brought out the menu from the
liner '"The President Hayes" on
which he sailed. The captain had
"happy birthday, Andy Hardwick" put
on the menu at the request of friends
who were with h i'm aboard ship on
his birthday.
Andy showed pictures he took of
the oil fields and told how he often
rode an elephant for 80 miles at
eight miles an hour. To my surprise,
he then brous sht out a giant elephant
foot, belonging to 80 year-old ele-
phant weighing three tons, which he
killed in Burma. He had had it hol-
lowed out and lined, and his wife now
uses it for sewing basket!
He went on to tell about his wife's
father. Her father was in the Civil
War, he had son in the Philippines
during the Spanish-American War.
This manthad two sons in World War
ii and two sons in the Korean War.
He also tells about how, during the
depression of the 1870s, the people
of Rawson had little money to buy or
sell, and finally it got so critical that
people found themselves trading
broom handles and other articles for
groceries and other needs.
The educational system and devel-
opments were of interest to me, be-
cause education is my major. A news
paper clipping from the "Rawson
Herald, dated Mar. "a, 1890 reads:
"a program will be given at the
town hall on Friday evening" Bob
Myers mot living), Pearl Burket
(our postmaster today, Walter
Swinehart (not hving), and Sam
Benner Civing) were some of the
participants in the program. Mrs.
Darius Huffman (not living), was
the primary teacher, and L. p. Bene-
dict was the. intermediate teacher.
Some of the program is as follows:
"Song: Doing Nothing by the Pri-
maries. Song: Marching Through
Georgia. Quartette: Spring! Spring!
Spring! Gentle Spring. Song: Faith
er, Dear Father, Come Home With
Me Now. Sic Transit Gloria Mum
di'-a dialogue in five scenes. 'Papa's
Little Student, the Truthful Boy by
Cloyd Folk. I am a Prohibitionist'
by Julia Kelly. The Valedictory
speech by Iva Hartman"
We can see from this that the cur
riculum has changed very much to-
day, There we're only eight grades
and since there was no high school
yet, one had to take Latin and other
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BlufftOn Hospital
AUG. II

AJG. IL
Discharged: Mrs. Lillian Dunifon,
Bluffton.
AUG. 12e
Discharged: Mrs. Harold Hosafros
and son, Jenera; Garvin Lee, Bluff
ton; Mrs. Harold Boehm and daugh-
ter, Rawson; Mrs. Vern Lobdell, Lii
ma; Mrs. Armin Won Stein and son,
Jenera.
AUG. 13
Discharged: Mrs. w. H. Nigh and
daughter, North Baltimore.
AUG. Ia
Discharged Mrs. Thomas Hall and
daughter, Findlay; Mrs. Paul Robb
and son, Findlay; Mrs. Harry Griggs
and daughter, Rawson.
AUG. Is
Admitted: Mrs. William Kunkel,
Bluffton.
Discharged: Mrs. Charles Hauen-
stein and son. Bluffton; Mrs. James
Pifer and son. Williamstown.
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ognition. Stress is placed on real ex-
periences and concepts of words, and
not memorization of isolated facts
and constant drilling. The child is
the center of todhy's school.
Ito befContinued)
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THE RAMs0N STORY
He Fp1lowed Oil Trail From,
RdlUSOn To BOYneO And Back

high schod subjects in grade school.
When dne entered the first grade,
he first learned the chart which had
the ABCs onfS> He then learned
that a. stood for "Ax", .'B" stood
for BAT, "Cp/for "Cat", etc. This
was called ke system of rugged
phonics". ThE pupil had to pronounce
and spell tie words, (bat, bat, bat)
Today th9 ABC method is not used,
but the fhild is taught instead to
learn to read and spell by word rec
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Society and Nbs

Pres, Delise Scoles; Vice Pres,
Marilyn Bame; Secretary, Marilyn
Zihlmepnan; Asst Sec'y, Nancy
Ream; Reporter, Marilyn Bame; Rec
reation Leader, Joyce Benroth. Pro-
iect sbooks and health check sheets
were completed. Denise Scoles led
recreation. Projects will be judged at
100 p. M, August 20, at Orange Cen
ter.
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Gold Star A-H Club

The Gold Star All Club met Mon
day afternoon, Aug. 16, at the
Orange Center Community House
with II members present. The meet
ing opened with group singing led by
Joyce Benroth. The following Off
GERS were elected for next year:
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Cory.Ramson Band Mothers

The Cory -Rawson Band Mothers
will meet at the Mt. Cory grade
building on Friday, August 20 at
7:30 p. M The band social, which
was scheduled for August Is, will be
postponed until the third week of
September, Mrs. Carl Smith, presi-
dent, announced.
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Mothers Night Out Club

The Mothers Night Out Club will
meet at the home of Mrs. Donna
Steiner, Tuesday, August "a, at 6:45
p. m. for d surprise supper. The cost
of the supper is SOC. Mrs. Mary Am
stutz will lead the devotions.
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TO PLAY YAuGHNsYILLE

Bluffton CITY baseball team win
travel to Vaughnsville Wednesday
night of next week for a game with
the Vaughns under lights. 1t will be
the third game of the season for the
locals who have a 0-2 record for the
year.
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Progressive Mothers Club

Progressive Mothers Club will
meet at the home of Virginia Augs-
burger Tuesday, August oath. An
nual business will be conducted at
this meeting.
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Bluffton Women's Garden club

Bluffton Women's Garden Club will
meet August 18th at the home of
Ocies Anderson with Mrs. A. NJ. Rick
ert as assistant hostess. Program
will be given as follows: Things to do
in August by airs. Paul Studler; His
tory of Flower Arrangements by
Mrs. Calvin Steiner; Special Period
Arrangements by Edith Amstutz.
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PTA Tea Announced

IA TED iIILI9UIINSu
Annual First Grade Mothers Tea
of the Parent Teachers Association
will be held at the Grade school audi
torium at 3 p. m, Saturday, August
21.
Mrs. Garnette Foltz is chairman of
the PTA Home Room Mothers.
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Americans use SO pounds less milk
per person annually than they did 1C
years ago. They used a pint day
10 years ago.
Evening star., 1954-09-16
Major League Standings
AMERICAN.

Results Yesterday.
Bait, 2; Boston. /.
New York at Detroit,
postponed. rain.
(Only games sched-
uled.)
Games Today.
New York at Detroit,
(Only game sched-
uled.)
Games Tomorrow.
Boston at wash, 8
Cleve. at Detroit Sn)
". Y. at Phila. (nl
BALTIC. at Chicago ln)
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Senators to Slash TeIevising
Of Home Games Next Season

term, Harris became manager Of
the Phillies.
Harris returned to the Sena-
tors for a third term in 1850 on
a three-year contract which was
renewed for two years in 1858.
If Bucky is retained it probably
will be on a one-year basis.
Grif insists he hasn't thought
about any managerial change
yet, but has declared he'll an
nounce his choice after the sea-
son ends. In any event, Harris
isn't going to suffer when Grif1
reveals his 1855 manager.
PromOtiOnal Ventures.
Calvin says the Senators are
working on several promotional
ventures-probably including
wider ticket distribution and
buses to transport fans from
suburbs-and that the club is
dickering in regard to "a couple
of trades"
Idle today. the Senator'S will
open a three-game home stand
with the Red Sox tomorrow
night in a series which will
complete Washington's home
games. The club will finish UP
with three games in New York
and three more in Boston.
Evening star., 1954-09-16
Dodgers May FaIier
At Times, but They re
Unbeatable in SIop
By the Assoeiafsd Press

They may be dead ducks by
next week, but as of today the
Dodgers have no rivals as the
aquatic kings Of the National
League.
At least four of their victories
were thoroughly waterlogged and
If they try to play any more
games under conditions such as
prevailed yesterday, the front
Office better consider equipping
the club with fur-lined SWIM
ming suits.
The defending champions
have discovered some amazing
ways to lose games this season,
but when the rains come they
are unbeatable.
Back in May they beat the
Phillies, 80, in six innings in
Philadelphia when rain brought
a halt. Then in June they
skidded to a 7-6 victory at Mil
waukee in five innings, scoring
five runs in the fifth inning.
Last Friday they repeated over
the Braves, 2-1, in five rain
soaked innings. just before Hur-
ricane Edna moved toward New
England.
Yesterday the bad weather
brought a 10-4 triumph over
Cincinnati, with the Reds
screaming that both clubs should
have stood in bed.
Other Umpires Disagree.
At the Polo Grounds, some IS
air miles from Ebbets Field, the
f1rst-place Giants and the third
place Braves never left the club
house. The temperature hovered
in the SOS and water stood in
puddles over the covered infield.
In both cases the decision to
play or not was in the hands
of the umpires. They came close
to calling time at Brooklyn with
the score tied at % after four
innings. But after a brief
huddle the jumps sent the play
ers back on the field and they
sloShed to finish.
Only two other games were
played. The Cardinals defeated
Philadelphia, 81, and Baltimore
moved out of the cellar with
81 squeaker over the Red Sox.
The Dodgers moved within
three games of the Giants and
have nine to play. The Giants
have II left, including double
header today against the Braves,
who trail by five and a half
lengths.
Durocher Starts GrissOn.
Leo Durocher, faced with an
acute pitching shortage for the
final stretch drive, dug down
into the Giants bullpen today
for a fourth starting pitcher.
Disappointed with the recent
! (See BASEBALL, Page A-29.)
Evening star., 1954-09-16

The Senators will curtail tele-
vision Of home games next sea-
son, it was announced today by
Calvin Griffith, vice president.
Young Griffith said 13 home
games will be televised next
year, a sharp reduction from
previous seasons. Twenty EIGHT
home games Will have been tele-
vised this season by Arch Nc
Donald and Bob Wolff.
Road television coverage of the
club will remain about the same,
according to Calvin. 1.-THE road
television setup is muddled right
now because of the unsettled
status of the Philadelphia club"
Griffith said. eff the Athletics
remain in Philadelphia. I
imagine We'll have about the
same number of road games on
television as we scheduled this
year." The Senators listed 80
road games on TV this season.
AS Status Involves Harris.
There's a possibility. too, that
the Philadelphia situation could
determine the Senators next
manager. Bucky Harris is the ad-
mitted front-office choice of one
group attempting to buy the AS,
and what happens up the road
could affect Washington.
If Harris can better his posi-
ton, his 84-year-old boss. Clark
Griffith, would be likely to make
him available to another club.
The Senators president, a
staunch admirer of Bucky, isn't
likely to dismiss Harris as the
Senator's manager unless he's
assured Bucky will land on his
feet elsewhere.
| Whether Harris will remain
strictly is the elder Grifith's de-
cision, which means Bucky will
be treated tenderly. If Harris
doesn't remain at the Senators
helm it will be because he's been
promised a better job.
When Harris was released by
Griffith after the 1928 season,
following five years of managing
the Senators, Bucky hooked on
as manager of the Tigers. In
1943, after eight years of guid-
ing the Senators in his second
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You Be the
Quarterback
By Worren Goer
"SaaSu NoSt
Head Football Coach. Drake University

Head Football Coach. Drake University
Rice and Florida are tied 17-17
with 80 seconds to go. It is
Rice'S ball. fourth and goal on
the Florida 1-yard line. Florida
has two powerful middle men in
its defensive line.
In three previous downs, Rice
has thrown a button-hook pass
(receiver goes downfield, turns)
for 6 yards, has made one on a
quarterback sneak and two on a
pitchout to a speedy halfback.
The Rice kicker who has boot
ed extra points and the field
goal has been carried off the
field with an injured leg, and
Rice's next best placement kicker
is a sophomore who has looked
good in practice but has not tried
a placement in a college game.
AS Rice quarterback, rate these
plays, /, 2, 8, and 4 for this spot:
Quarterback sneak (T-forma-
tion quarterback takes ball from
center and lunges ahead).
Pitchout to fast halfback.
Field goal try.
Button-hook pass.
(AnStDer on Page A-31.)
Evening star., 1954-09-16
Miss Fau|k Advances
InWomen' sAmateur;; !;
Canadian Girl Upset

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 16.-De-
Tending Champion Mary Lena
Faulk of Thomasville, Ga, played
superb golf to crush Ireland's
Philomena Garvey, 5 and 4, to-
day and enter the quarter-f final
round of the Women's National
Amateur golf championship.
Miss Faulk, determined to wipe
out her defeat by Miss. Garvey in
last years British women's cham
pionship, shot the front nine of
the tight little Allegheny Country
Club course in one-under.par 35
to take a six-hole lead.
Trim little Mrs. Roslyn (Cookie)
Berger of Buffalo upset Marlene
Stewart, Canadian champion
from Fonthill, Ontario, up, and
met Miss Faulk in the 18-hole
quarter final this afternoon.
Mrs. Berger, former New York
State, Long Island and Metro
(See WOMEN'S GOLF, A-29)
Evening star., 1954-09-16
Probable Pitchers

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
New York at Detroit-Grim OS-6)
VS.. Zuverink SID.
Only game scheduled:
Milwaukee at New York (2)-Spahn
u9-II) and Burdette 14-12) VS.. Gomez
i15-O and Grissom 10-D.
Cincinnati at Brooklyn-Nuxhal
(1O-4) VS.. Erskine 17-13l.
Only games scheduled.
Evening star., 1954-09-16
NATIONAL.
Results Yesterday

Bklyn.. 10; Cincin.. 4.
st. L., 8: Phila.. /.
Milw. at New York,
postponed. rain.
(Only games scheo-
uled.l
Games Today.
Milw. at N. Y. t2l
Cincin. at Bklyn.
(Only games sched-
uled.l
Games Temorrow.
Phila. ct N. 7. fnl.
Bklyn. at Pitts. (n).
GilW. at st. l.. (n).
(Only games sched-
uled.l
Evening star., 1954-09-16

prize fighter, properly trained, is
brought to key pitch the day of the battle.
Six or seven weeks of training have made
him sharp and eager to get on with the busi-
ness. When postponement is necessary
some fighters have been known to lose their
keen edge overnight.
At 1855 PM yesterday in Madison
Square Garden two extremely fit gladiators
stepped on the scales. Rocky Marciano, the
heavyweight champion, weighed exactly
what he wanted to weigh-186A pounds,
or pound less than he scaled three months
ago for his first fight with Ezzard Charles.
Evening star., 1954-09-16
Cornell Loses PIuyer

ITHACA, N. Y, Sept. 16 (B.-
Stan Intihar. sparkling Junior
end Of the Cornell football
squad, has been declared scho-
lastically ineligible for the 1854
season.
Evening star., 1954-09-16

Title Match Is Slated
AFTER Troy-Carfier
TeIeyision Bout Here
BY the Assoeiated Press

S'~-~~s~'~~
NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-The
Rocky Marciano-E Ezzard Charles
heavyweight title fight today was
postponed from tonight until
tomorrow night because of rain
President Jim Norris of the
International Boxing Club an
nounced the second postpone
ment of the Yankee Stadium
15-rounder as a drizzling rain
continued.
Originally scheduled for last
night. the return bout was post
poned yesterday because Of rain
Norris said If another post
ponement is necessary tomorrow
night the bout will be re-
scheduled for Saturday night.
The promoter said the fight
would go on as soon as the IBCs
Friday night radio-television
fight from Washington is over
Walter Cartier of New York and
Willie Troy of Washington meet
in a 10-rounder in Turner'S
Arena. That fight is scheduled
to start at 10 pm. (EDT).
Cloudy Weather Forecast.
If the Cartier-Troy fight ends
in an early knockout, then the
big heavyweight title fight will
start at 10:30 pm. (EDT.
Thus the IBC will be able to
keep its contract for the weekly
radio-TV fight and still show the
heavyweight fight in theaters
coast-to-coast.
(WTOP will broadcast the
fight and the Lincoln Theater
will telecast it. as originally
planned. but the Capitol The
ater was awaiting a decision
by the Loew Offices in New
York on whether it would re-
tain its TV rights.)
The weather forecast for to-
morrow was partly cloudy and
warmer with afternoon temper
atures of about 70. The long
range forecast for Saturday is
fair.
Manager AL. Well said Mar
ciano would work out at 4 pm.
Tom Tannas, co-manager OF
Charles. said the challenger also
would 'loosen up"
The decision to postpone last
nights fight was made about
1855 pm. yesterday, shortly after
the fighters had been weighed.
Odds Remain Unchanged.
Charles tipped the beam at a
hefty 1922 pounds. That was
! pound more than he ever has
scaled for a fight before and
z more than his poundage for
his losing 15-rounder with Mar
ciano on June II. Charles said
he wanted the extra weight to
add power to his punches. It
indicated that he was planning
for a short fight.
Marciano weighed 1861, / less
than he hit for the June affair.
AS usual when there is a post
ponement, there was speculation
over how the fighters would re-
act to the delay.
The bookmakers figured II
wouldn't make any difference
The odds remained the same
The undefeated, 30 year ole
Marciano was Stool choice tc
win and a 12-to-5 favorite tc
stop the 33-year-old Charles
even though he couldn't floor the
ex-champion the last time. II
was 6 to l against Charles win
ming by a kayo.
Tony Canzoneri, the former
lightweight king. and severa,
other ex-fighters, said the post.
ponement meant nothing in thi.
case.
They're both heavyweight.
and don't have to worry about
making weight" said Canzoneri
1T he re both experienced
fighters and it shouldn't bother
them. 1t would bother a greer
kid"
Evening star., 1954-09-16
Pennunt Picture
By the Assorted Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Won Lost Pct. Behind Play
Glsyeland Gsw END 19S 9S e e .ss4 .ss4 -sn g
CLEVELAND-At home t6): Chicago
3; Detroit. g.. Away (3l: Detroit. 3.
NEW YORK-At home (6): Philadel-
phia. 3; Washington, 3. Away "a: De-
troit, /; Philadelphia, 3.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
To
Won Lost Pct. Behind Play
New York = 60 g .ee299 . Il
MiIwaukee 81 IS .5Sa 5h Il
NEW YORK--At home t5l: Milwau-
kee. 2; Philadelphia.. 8. Away (6):
Brooklyn, 3; Philadelphia. 3.
BROOKLYN--At home 90: Cincin-
natl. i; New York, B; Pittsburgh. 8
Away (2l Pittsburgh. 2.
MILWAUKEE-At home CO: Gin
cinnati. 4; st. Louis, 3. Away (5): New
York 9: St Louis. &
Evening star., 1954-09-16
WIN, Lose or Draw
By FRANCIS STANN

NEW YORK, SEPT. 16-A warmed-over fight like most
everything else that is reheated invariably loses something
There is decline in public interest especially when pennan
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On theAir
The Picture Will Come In,
But Will the Audience?
By Harry Macarthur

II ever a plan seemed doomed
to failure it is the one being
banded about now by the closed
circuit television people. A firm
named Box Office Television,
Inc, is proposing to provide night
club floor shows via TV. Famed
entertainers would be televised in
the big-time clubs and their acts
would be piped into a whole lot
Of small time clubs at the same
time.
The idea undoubtedly appeals
to a number of people. The Box
Office Television folks see them
selves making a fortune, of
course, or they never would have
brought it up. The operators of
small clubs see themselves book
ing name acts for the fees they
usually pay acts nobody ever
heard of. The entertainers see
themselves being paid by 20 or 80
cabarets for doing one show in
one cabaret.
Something. naturally, will have
to give, but even if it does, there
is establishment ahead. The
fact that television first -four
ished in the bar-and-grill should
not be considered significant.
y 4 \
Television was a novelty then.
A man could sit or lean while re-
taxing from the rigors of the day
and cape in amazement at what
passed before him. There were
cooking lessons, recruiting films,
movies showing how to run chin
chilla farms and all manner of
things. There even was man
whose program consisted almost
entirely of snapshots of children
who had tuned in to look at their
own pictures.
The programs have changed
somewhat since then and au-
thentic entertainment is even
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the premises, even with the
swinging doors closed.
The Bureau of Internal Reve-
nue. long ago established the re-
lationship of television to the
night club. It ruled that estab-
lishments offering no other
diversion than TV along with
the liquid nourishment should
not charge customers the 20 per
cent entertainment tag. The
implication was fairly clear.
X X X X
It is quite possible, of course,
that those already in night clubs
might be lured into watching
floor shows piped to them by
closed circuit TV. The physical
law of inertia does have its effect.
A body at rest in a bistro tends
to remain at rest until moved
by some external force, such as
a wife saying. Lets get out of
this fire trap"
Before the Box Office Tele-
vision people lure too many
from their homes, however, they
will have to educate two power
full groups. These are the women
and the headwaiters of America,
two important influences on our
manners and moreS.
Can a man go to a night club
clad in Stacks and an open-collar
sports shirt? Silly question, isn't
it. Women, comfortably clad in
virtually nothing, won't stand
for that sort of conduct from the
menfolk. Bermuda shorts on a
hot night in August? Stop
dreaming. And, once in the club,
can man sit in an easy chair,
remove his shoes and prop his
feet on hasSpck? Hah!
Y x X
No, the Box Office Television
fellows will have to face the fact
that a mans home is his castle.
He may rank seventh in COM
mand after a wife and some as
sorted children. dogs and para
keets, but he still does not have
to shave and put on his shoes
to watch night club .headliner
on TV.
This department has nothing
against floor shows by closed
circuit TV. you understand, and,
in fact, wishes proponents of
the scheme success. There is
one other incontrovertible fact
that makes the chances look
dim, however.
Box Office TeleviSion just
doesn't have a whole lot to offer
a man bent upon going out on
the town. Those shadowy inn
| ages of chorus girls on the TV
screen may be pretty, but they
swill not do much to make the
night life any livelier. If they
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any purpose will be only field exercise by the Sd cavalry

serve any purpose it will be only
to drive a man out into the
search for a cabaret where the
dancing girls are three-dimen-
Sional.
EYES FORWARD A some
what different aspect of televi-
sion's future will be glimpsed
Wednesday morning over NBC-
TV (WNBW). The networks mo-
bile color unit will be at Fort
Meade and the 11-11:30 am.
half hour of Home" has been
set aside for a special program.
1t will be the first demonstration
of the use of television in war
fare.
The demonstration will COIN
eide. not so coincidentally, with
the goth anniversary of the first
proposal for military use of TV.
That was put forward in 1884
by David Sarnoff, chairman of
the board of RCA. Wednesdays
demonstration will show the
fruits brought forth by the plans
Mr.. Sarnoff started then. -
The color cameras viii cover