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The Pictorial Newsletter: December 15, 1965, 15 Dec 1965, Page 15

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t5 Petodr: m tduortizors IhcQdtt oI Our Uort b OrIGrtffi CANDIES COSrvtETlCS TOILET ITEMS PRESGRIPTIONS CAREFULLY FILLED BOLGERS DRUG STOR,E l2t9 N. Grcon Stroot 385-4500 Gradually man learned rnofe about the uni- verse. The voyages of exploration in the 1400's showed him that the earth was nor fat, 'but rotrnd. Astronomers discovered that the earth was not the center of the universe. Man learned that the earth is only one of several planeti which revolve around the sun. He learned that the sun itself is a star of only average size and brilliance among a hundred billion stars in the Milky 'Sfav udlaxy. Modern astronomers h"re .gone further. They know that the fundamental units of the trniverse are the stars. The cltrsters of stars are called galaxies. \7e live in one called the Milky \[ry. There are as many gilaxies in the universe as there ari: stars in the Milky !Vay. The dimensions of the universe are impossible for the mind of nao to grasp, as it measures thousands of miltions of light years. A light year is the distance light travels in a single y@t, moving at the speed of 186,000 miles a second. The 2fr).inch Hale telescope on Mount Palomar ia California can see as far as one billion tight yeils into space. If you boarded an interplanetarv train which uavelled at the speed of an express train today, it would take you 700,000,000 years to get to the Pole Star. No wonder the Psalmist asked in amaze- ment of a God who created such a universe: "Ifhat is man that Thou are mindful of hirn?" iirrriill PAilTRY DELICAGIES HILARY AND ANN. R,ODENKIRCH 1328 N. Rivercide Drivc ilcHenry, lllinoir Phena 38il75{ ftrrrun'r 6rrtingr

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