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A ney promotional portable electric jig saw, which has the versatility to cut 2x4 inch lumber at 4b degrees as easily as it handles precision scroll work in thin mate_ rials, is the newest tool for home. farm and shop introduced by the SpeedWay Division of Thor Tool Company.
Featuring a Thermoweld motor that won't burn out, the 8.0 amp jig saw camies a UL industrial rating in the United States an$ is-,CSA approved in Canada. Weighing gnly four pounds, the new iig saw is 6{ inches long, has a % inch stroke and oper_ ates at 3,000 strokes per minute on eilher AC or DC current at 116 volts.
Construction features include special bronze alloy bearings, silver gtay p"inted diecast aluminum housing, B-wire UL ap_ proved lead cord, and positive AC-DC on-off position svritch.
In addition to its jig saw capabilities, the new SpeedWay Model ?99 can be osed as keyhole, hack and copying saws. ;-:..Fgr furthor inforrration leontrict Selos Department, SpeedWay Manulacturing Co.. 1421 Barnsdale Road, LaGrange park, Ill.
Johnson Super-Rover Literolure Ofiered
An advance flyer on the SUpER-ROVER -a 2-piece mobile over-the-road plant with a capacity of 180 paver batches per hour -is available from the C. S. Johnson Co., Champaign, Ill.
The new SUPER-ROVER is completely mobile, with running gear including wheels, axles and pneumatic tires as standard equipment, and king pin tractor attachment for fast, easy hook-up. Both aggre- gate and cement units are within highway size limits for transporting througli most states without special permits.
Wiring, piping and plug-in connections are all in place so batching can be started within two hours of arrival at the site. Batches three aggregate materials and one type cement-with a separate scale and hopper for each material-the SUPERROVER delivers dry batches to paver batch trucks, and can easily take care of two dual drum pavers.
With the addition of water metering equipment, the SUPER-ROVER can be adapted to charging transit mix trucks.
For the flyer on the new SUPER-ROVER and further information on big capacity, fully mobile batch plants. write to tle C. S. Johnson Co., a division of Koehring Co. of Milwaukee. The address is p.O. Box ?1. Champaign, Illinois.
Filon Ofiers Technicql Brochure
For luminous Ceiling Instqllqtions
A bmehure containing bomplete teehnieal data and speciffcations for translucent FiLite fiberglass reinforced plastic luminous ceiling diffuser panels and supporting sys- tems has been made available by Filon Corporation, Hawthorne, California.
The forrr-page brochure points out design versatility obtainable through luminous ceilings and discusses various types, sizes and accessory items offered by the company.
New "Luminous White" Filite panels contain a specially developed ,,Water Clear,, glass fiber that produces the ultimate in uniform light diffusion, the company reported.
Panels are offered in a variety of configurations and weights. Filite is available in standard panels and rolls, and flat panels suitable for use with any standard T-Suspension grid system.
The brochure is available without charge from the Technical and Field Services Department, Filon Corporation, 333 N. Van Ness, Ilawthorne, California.
Big Construction Plq,nned
Contracts were signed in July by Development Coordinators, fnc., of Fullerton, to supply plans and other services for more than $20,000,000 of new residential construction, chiefly in the metropolitan Los Angeles area.
Retail price of the homes range, according to Howard Eichen, president of Development Coordinators, from $19,000 to S27,000. Upwards of 800 units are involved in the July contracts, he said. Contractors include John Wilcox, Monarch Estatea; Sandi Iantl Development Corp.; Robert G. Risse, Practical Builders, and Lee and 'Wallace Stephens.
Emery Kemeny Represents Lilzler Contropress
Mr'. Emely F. Kemeny has been appointecl as a special lepresentative to handle the Litzler Contlopt ess laminating machine in Southeln States, Puelto Rico and the Virgin Islands, it has been announced b1' C. A. Litzler, Piesider.rt of the C. A. Litzler' Co., Inc., 235 Blookpark Road, Cleveland, Ohio.
Mr. Kemeny, who speaks six languages, rvas born in Hungaly and educated in Europe. He was an export salesman for Dunlop Tile and Rubber rvhen World War II found him in Chile, South America, where he began work in synthetic rubber and related fields. He came to the United States in 1946 and moved his headquarters to Florida for closer contact to the Carribbean and Southern States markets which he covers.

The Litzler Contt'opress is a single lir-re laminating machine for continuous applicatior-r of valious decorative and weather resistant films to a1l types of plywoods, haldboai'ds and metallic substlates fol the building and fulniture making industlies. The Contlopress is of special interest to the lumbet and u'ood industly in that it lvill ple-finish and upgrade lor,'el glade woodboalds fol very lvide procluct applications.
lo Dress Up rhe Kitchen
Added elegance fol that all-impoltant room in today's home, the kitchen, is available in new ploducts by Torvne Hat'dlvare, a division of YaIe & Towne.
Nou' beins introduced are hand decoratetl celamic multiple and combination switch and electlical outlet receptacle plates. They ale designed to accommodate the trend to the eyeJevel electrical outlets necessaly for those increasingly popular portable countertop appliances found in the modeln kitchen. Pattelns match othel Towne rlecol'ators' hardrvale accessoi'ies such as dlawer and cabinet pulls, tloor knobs, clothing hooks and escutcheons to pel'mit unifolm styling of haldrvare appointments thloughout a I'OOm.
The ne*' Torvne ploducts include a combination s'r,r'itch ancl double leceptacle plate, a triple switch plate and a double leceptacle plate. They come in the full r'ange of Tou'ne patteltrs including fleur'-de-lis, modeln, flolal, and a r,vide valiety of decal designs. The dulable, easy-to-clean celamic accessories can be fottnd in haldrvale and electlical stor:es, paint and tlecolating supply stoles, gift and specialty shops as rvell as leading clepat'tment stoles. Apploximate letail plices ale: combination plate $i3.00; tliple slr'itch $5.00 and double leceptacle $2.30.
For fulther information write to Tou'ne Haldu'ale, 144 East 44th Street, New York 1?, N.Y.