Word: bergstrom
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...foremost collectors of glass paperweights, Mrs. Evangeline H. Bergstrom, 81, Neenah, Wis., author of Old Glass Paper weights (Crown, 1940: $7.50), gives some point ers on how to distinguish an ordinary weight from the real thing: 1) glass should not be too yellow, should not contain too many bubbles; 2) no scratches should show; 3) base should be smooth - only modern weights have rough, frost ed base...
...article . . . about the sports-car race held at Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas [TIME, April 20] was a shock and a joke to many airmen stationed here at Turner Air Force Base, Ga. Turner was the first base to sponsor such a race ... on Oct. 25, 1952 . . . The sole advantage gained was General LeMay's prestige. We of Turner Air Force Base feel bitter toward the project and can guarantee, when Turner has another race, the airmen will not support...
...eyes of Texas-some 35,000 pairs of them-were on sprawling Bergstrom Air Force Base at Austin this week. The biggest crowd in Texas sports-car history turned up for a chance at the gate prizes-a Jaguar, an MG and a Studebaker-and the promised thrills and spills of four races, jointly sponsored by the Sports Car Club of America and General Curtis LeMay's Strategic Air Command...
...start of the main 200-mile race, the roar of the Bergstrom crowd was quickly drowned by the louder roar of the 19 entries-Allards, Ferraris, Jaguars, etc. The president of the Sports Car Club, Driver Fred Wacker Jr. of Chicago went out early with engine trouble. After the first few laps over the tortuous 4.48-mile course (including turns of 110° and 135°) the race settled down to a neck & neck duel between Chicago Manufacturer Jim Kimberly, 45, in a Ferrari, and California's Phill Hill, driving a Jaguar C. The Jag was quicker...