Abstract: A telephone display which can be programmed from a remote site. A standard pay telephone is equipped with a modem, processor, and memory storage devices whereby it can receive a character string transmitted over telephone lines from a remote programming site. The processor displays messages embedded in the character string on a display panel attached to the telephone booth, and optionally on an interior display panel removed from the telephone booth. The character string has format controls for displaying the messages, and may also have clock commands for displaying certain messages at certain times of the day. A priority message is flashed on the display panel whenever the telephone handset is removed from its cradle.

Abstract: A marker, designed to be dropped from an airplane to indicate its flight path along a ground area, includes an elongated streamer having first and second base members fixed to its respective ends. The streamer has transverse pleats folded accordian-style, which allow it to be folded to a first condition for storage between the base members and to open to a second condition where the streamer is extended longitudinally with the base members fixed to the respective ends of it. When unfolded in the air after being discharged from an aircraft, the base members pull the two ends of the streamer downward in an arch, which is then capable of draping over high field crops or trees.