The San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers again made their appearance. In keeping with the times, they were painted up their telescopes in "flower power" colors with large astronomical symbols on the side of the tubes. I am sure that the conservative amateur astronomy crowd was befuddled by this new development.

Speakers

	John Dobson, "Grinding Large Off-axis Paraboloidal Mirrors"
	Raymond G. Coutchie, "Marriage and Astrophotography"
	John Laborde, "Construction of a Mirror Grinding Machine"
	Arthur DeVany, "Using a Double-Wire Test and Laser Interferometer in Figuring Optical Elements"
	Maurice V. King, "Using Grooved Tools to Give a High Quality Finish"
	George Carroll, "Using a Birefringent Filter to Observe the Sun"

Merit Awards (partial list)

	Norman James, 1st Place for Optical Design - 12-1/2" f/5
	Norman James, 1st Place for Mechanical Design - 12-1/2" f/5
	John Dobson and Brian Rhodes
	George McArthur, 8" f/7 Newtonian

Robert Goff, Norman James, John Dobson, Brian Rhodes, and George McArthur Norman James with his 12-1/2" f/5 "sphere mount" Jim Shreckengosh with his 14-1/2" Newtonian The San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers' telescopes (too bad we don't have a color photograph) More Sidewalk Astronomers' telescopes