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Show 10 Tixx-l- e Transcript, Thurxluv, June 17, 19S2 1 Fabulous Fourth Sparks Age-OlFasci nation With Fireworks UatLg?7li3; 6ESUi iUTA HISMLOWESJMRRI gail oil July 3, I77W, Adams bv lilu Wiltshire SmitliMHiiun Newx Service the use of s "Nimp ami parade. . . and illuminations. . . from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward foreveradvocated soft pop, a flash, a quick vs bine through the night air and siiddcnly the skv enqits in a brilliant cascade of color and glitter, sparkles and shiininers. A lond report close lichind vA Ixm-lire- more. In time, Independence fireworks came to le earth. the Day through inaliensuch ibrates Hie fireworks have liegnn. hat keeps on lookers inesineried in unnatural Iwck postures, heath tilted and eyes alert, lest even one never- - to- - lie- - repeated disdplay lie missed? Some say it is the link the faswith childhood cination of lighting a sparkler ami writing against the sky, streams of light lingering for a moment after the sparkler has died out. Or perhaps it is a sense of tLmger. however remote or subliminal, touching man's fear and fasdeeply-rootecination with fire. The artistically inclined allude to aesthetics, 1ml most would ugree it is just plain fun. Although no one is certain, one expert theorized that fireworks originated in an regarded as able right that, when the first safe and sane July in the 4th camMigns n early 1900, reformers found it necessary to win n a good word from national Icaik-to avoid lieing considered disloyal and unr patriotic. Crand displays waned during the Depression years, then sputtered along on a routine but nut parti- cularly spectacular course until the 197h when, during the Bicentennial celebrations, fireworks Imomed loudly and flared stylishly or lie again. One Washington, D.C. display, presented by the same Ruggieri firm court ed by Louis XV, even used lioth the colors ami styles 18th ancient China or India popular during the of a as of part century where saltpeter (nitrate show in memory potash) was used as an Thomas of Jefferson. Parmeat. agent for curing Fireworks reached anticles of the sulistance, acwith cidentally falling into a other peak along when, sentiment have patriotic campfire, might mixed with charcoal, the in 1981, Americans held in Iran returned resulting flare setting off hostage home during the January the first experiments. inaugural festivities. WithFlakes of iron from strikin 10 days, three fireworks would have flint proing vided glitter, just as iron spectaculars rocketed over the National Mall. filings do today; and the Today, according to John addition of sulfur yielded executive direcConkling, black powder good of the American Pyrotor gun powder. technic Association, firePlacing this mixture in works in the United States was an tulies hamlmo easy next step, and with the add up to a $125 million industry. But leadership in boost of rocketry, the bapyrotechnic manufacturing sics of the pyrotechnic into the Peoples Redustry were launched for passed of China after come. public to centuries d sound-and-lig- ht U.S.-Chine- se de- inorganic chemistry veloped in Europe, new formulas and chemicals were tested that added more dazzle to popular fireworks shows. In the 1800s, chlorates and other metal salts introduced color to displays, while magnesium and aluminum added Plum Blossoms in Snow. Titanium, a metal used in many high-tec- h products, is now used to achieve brilliance and add visibility to the big-ban- salutes. Otherwise, g how- ever, ingredients and manufacturing procedures remain much the same as were 200 years ago. and they aerial brilliance to And the nature of the confections. ground The art of fireworks dis- ingredients and their possible undesirable interacplay inarched ahead, too. demand In France, structures tion continue to were machines known as used as sophisticated backdrops for the fireworks. Made of canvas- - covered wood and painted with elaborate scenery, they camouflaged launching equipment but became important in their own right and were often designed by leading architects. Displays also were erected around fountains, rivers and lakes, taking full advantage of their reflective characteris- YOU PONT NEED IT MATCHING PILLOW VISA J EFFECTIVE Si JUNE WITH SEAT COVER PURCHASE FRIDAY OR SATURDAY DATE: THURSDAY, 17-2- 1 FISH AND GAME LICENSES SOLD HERE FULL BLANKET SPLIT SEAT cp REGULAR & SMALL BENCH precise symmetry of its packing. More random placement of chemicals, combinations or shells Light, intensity, perhaps with Attractive, durable hummingbirds skittering off center stage into the floor mats to match our Indian Blandress up ket seat covers. Theyll darkness. your vehicle! Only the pyrotechnician who designs and builds the shell can predict with cer- $ tainty the perfonnance and personality of each of these actors. 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NYLON design. display attrac- tive Indian Blanket colors. within shells produce colors and designs that pour out with varying speed and ri century. KOOL KUSHIONS streams of color reflects the ri brothers, to his court where some of historys grandest displays were produced. The brothers, unfortunately, became too good at their trade. One Rug-giedisplay in London was it lasted six so elalrorate the that hours public outcry against extravagance caused a lull in large official displays in England that lasted into the 19th STRETCH BACK PIK POCKET FLOOR MATS mid-17(K- )s Rug-gie- HIGH BUCKET LOW BUCKET BACK BUCKETS tics. Italy long dominated the fireworks scene in Europe, Louis but in the XV wooed Italys famous pyrotechnicians, the foreign models. IF WE D0N7 HIVE IT alstyle chrysanthemum that explodes with thousands of symmetrical George Zamlielli, president of one of Americas largest all fireworks used in this country nowadays are shipped from mainland China. Among these imports are shells with such Propicturesque names as ing. on the Spring by twisting and turning sperous a Grasslands, Celebrating glolies of fire. Red and Harvest Rich Later, as the science of nor OUR FATHERS DAY GIFT TO YOU!! night sky. The long- - favored orient- in man Claudius who kept records about most everything. lie described one display which ran aliout. . without burning or charr. . and which formed America con- 1971. More than 50 percent of were - either tained in tiny tulies or Iwgs prcxluce the deafening salutes and special effects. How and where these are placed in relation to the black powder and to each other determines how the performance will appear. In fireworks parlance, such names as peony, wisteria, silver swallows, scqients or fafalling fish dcscrilie the miliar images seen in the industry at the moment. Thats whats new, says trade relations European pyrotechnic activity was first mentioned in the fourth century by the Roman states- We can fit most cars and trucks of any size painstaking hand laluir to create a show. Individual display shell cases are made of pajx-- r or cardtioard. cut, shaped and pasted by hand. Black powder is poured into containers, and other chemicals. shaped into tiny pellets callisd stars, are added gingerly. Each of the stars will Ixim to fonn one thin streak of color. Other chemicals .. THE WESTS LARGEST SELECTION OF COLORS AND STYLES. d Brett and Cody Valdez recently celebrated their birthdays. Cody turned one year old May 18. He was honored at a party attended by grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. Brett counted the days until June 4 at which time he turned three. For his special day cousins and friends honored him at a birthday party during the day. The big event was highlighted by a party at the Pizza Hut with Bretts grandmas and grandpas, brother Cody, and mom and dad in attendance. The proud parents of Brett and Cody are Rich and Diane Valdez. Crandparents are Floyd and LaNile Bracken and Carlos and Barbara Valdez. Great grandparents are LaVon and LaVeme Nielsen, Stansbury Park; Helen Jones, Tooele. You $0799 can install it yourself - with only a drill and a 17" ,.24" SALE NEW SUMMER 'bmm ii CrC HOURS: Mon.-Sa- t. 55 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. ( CLOSED Sunday , |