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Rain Unmaker. New Jersey's Palisades Amusement Park has asked Professional Rainmaker Wallace E. Howell (TIME, July 24, 1950) to try to keep rain from falling on the park. Howell's method will be similar to that used to make rain (seeding clouds with silver iodide), except that he will overdose the clouds in hopes of making the water particles too tiny to fall. Estimated cost for rain-stopping from June 1 to Labor Day: $75,000 to $100,000.

Air-Cooled. An air-cooled central home air conditioner was put on the market by Chrysler Corp.'s Airtemp division. Designed especially for areas where water scarcity makes water-cooled conditioners impractical, the unit brings in outside air to cool the refrigerant (Freon), needs no water piping. Price: $1,300 and up.

Home 3-D. Lionel Corp., toy train-makers, announced a three-dimensional stereo camera, equipped with dual lenses which take separate pictures simultaneously. For 3-D effect, the film must be looked at through a special viewer. Price for camera, case, viewer and eight stereo pairs of film, $39.95, less than half the price of stereo cameras now on the market.

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