| Book Review
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I have just read Fred Padgett's Wood Amongst the Wires -- The Temporary
Solution, and it can be described in one word: BRILLIANT! This book tells us a
lot about Fred, even before we open it; it is a mark of his staunch loyalty to
his friends, one of Fred's "trademarks". Co-author Walter P. Ruedrich
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| Letters
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BUCKING THE ELEMENTS
Where Telephone Men Fight Storm
The ramifications of science are erected about us, and for the most part they
shield us from inconvenience. Yet, now and again, the forces of nature tear down
the walls and let in confusion. Then comes reconstruction, which is one of the
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| From The Land of Enchantment to the Cornhuskers' Fields
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| by Carol McDougald
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Upon arriving back home to Chicagoland after the Washington Court House, Ohio
show this fall, I totaled up the number of miles traveled since the first week
of May attending various hobby-related events. I had driven over 14,000 miles!
As far east as Washington, DC and Corning, New York and Boise, Idaho and
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| Cover
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Subscriber Ray Heim of Wonder Lake, Illinois, had a friend who attended a
showing at the Art Institute of Chicago. The cover of the program was a
photograph of a sculpture, "Aquatic Light", by senior student Rebecca
Dickson. Ray thought it would be a great cover for Crown Jewels of the Wire.
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| "Mr. Brewer's van goes up and down, up and down, up and down."
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| by students at Open Door Christian Academy, Wattsburg, PA
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Eastern Regional Show
by Jessica Hays
I went to the insulator show with my
teacher, Mr. Brewer. Five other classmates went along for the ride. We left
Union City at 5:00 in the morning. We arrived at the museum at around 8:30. We
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