Chapter 6

           Earlyinthemorning,enjoyingthecool,brightsunlight,Mrs.JulianaFrinkdidhergroceryshopping.Shestrolledalongthesidewalk,carryingthetwobrownpaperbags,haltingateachstoretostudythewindowdisplays.Shetookhertime.

           Wasn’ttheresomethingshewassupposedtopickupatthedrugstore?Shewanderedin.Hershiftatthejudoparlordidnotbeginuntilnoon;thiswasherfreetime,today.Seatingherselfonastoolatthecountersheputdownhershoppingbagsandbegantogooverthedifferentmagazines.

           ThenewLife,shesaw,hadabigarticlecalled:TELEVISIONINEUROPE:GLIMPSEOFTOMORROW.Turningtoit,interested,shesawapictureofaGermanfamilywatchingtelevisionintheirlivingroom.Already,thearticlesaid,therewasfourhoursofimagebroadcastduringthedayfromBerlin.SomedaytherewouldbetelevisionstationsinallthemajorEuropeancities.And,by1970,onewouldbebuiltinNewYork.

           ThearticleshowedReichelectronicengineersattheNewYorksite,helpingthelocalpersonnelwiththeirproblems.ItwaseasytotellwhichweretheGermans.Theyhadthathealthy,clean,energetic,assuredlook.TheAmericans,ontheotherhand—theyjustlookedlikepeople.Theycouldhavebeenanybody.

           OneoftheGermantechnicianscouldbeseenpointingoffsomewhere,andtheAmericansweretryingtomakeoutwhathewaspointingat.Iguesstheireyesightisbetterthanours,shedecided.Betterdietoverthelasttwentyyears.Aswe’vebeentold;theycanseethingsnooneelsecan.