1900s House Plans Discussed by Louis H Gibson
A 1889 New York publication by architect Louis H Gibson surveys six house plans with prices around $1500 to $1900, noting plumbing fears, lack of center halls, rear kitchens, and the shift toward kitchen pantry and dining room emphasis. The writer links Gibson’s observations to ongoing housing concerns and the evolution of American architecture.
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Wouse
Louis H. Gibson
New York City
Herman H. York
Gibson
Washington
Converted to urban use 200 000 farm acres lost
A 1969 Ohio survey shows about 200000 acres of farmland converted to urban use in the past decade. The report by the Sail Conservation Service and state groups notes high quality soils withdrawn from agriculture and a shift from pasture to cropland with forestland rising in eastern Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
U. S. Department of Agriculture
U. S. Sail Conservation Service
Secretary of Agriculture
Sail Conservation Service
Ohio Soil and Water Conservation
Stat
Questions And Answers Brandy Lang Paint Q and A
Brandy Lang answers readers on choosing rollers for water based paints and oil paints. Advice includes use with water emulsion, need oil friendly rollers, prep for aluminum, and creating flagstone effects by shaping wet concrete with objects. Readers learn to test and match paints, rollers, and finishes.
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Brandy Lang AP Newsteatures
Sting
Ci 1
One-Way Ticket To Heaven Not On Sale
A Louisville boy six asks his father if the dead go to heaven and gets a one-way ticket metaphor. He then asks for a ticket for himself when his father goes downtown, illustrating a child’s curious take on afterlife beliefs.
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Heaven
Louisville
Keneth Martin Jr
Pappaw
Walter H Zinn Receives 1969 Enrico Fermi Award
In San Francisco the Atomic Energy Commission presented Walter H. Zinn of Glastonbury Conn and Combustion Engineering a 1969 Enrico Fermi Award for pioneering work in atomic energy including the world s first reactors. The award includes a $25000 check a gold medal and a citation and was given by Dr Glen T Seaborg on the anniversary of the first controlled nuclear chain reaction in 1952 at Chicago.
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San Francisco
Atomic Energy Commission
Enrico Fermi
Walter H. Zinn
Glastonbury
Conn
Combustion Engineering, Inc
Glen T. Seaborg
AEC
Han
Chicago
Fermi
Zinn
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