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Sunday, April 13, 1997

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Pilot Walt Toller works inside the balloon during the pre-flight inflation process. Two fans blow cold air into the balloon. Burners then are ignited to heat that air, allowing the aircraft to rise. More photos
Photo by Ralph Fountain.


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Sky High

Walt Toller's massive multicolored people magnet drifts lazily in the sky, descending gracefully toward an open field southwest of the city.
      Within minutes, curious residents from the surrounding neighborhood begin to gather around to watch as Toller's purple, yellow, black and red hot-air balloon comes low enough to scrape the plywood-and-wicker basket underneath it along the ground.
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Television technology focuses on size, quality

Thirty years ago, flat-screen TV sets that hang on the living room wall like a painting were a science-fiction fantasy.
      The fantasy has, after much trial and error, become a reality. The QFTV company last week unveiled its FlatScreen video monitor at the National Association of Broadcasters convention held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas Hilton and Sands Expo and Convention Center.
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