Colored Pencils Make Good Tree Decorations
New York UPI reports colored lead pencils serve as festive tree decorations. Children attach eraser ends to thread and hang pencils on the tree on Christmas Eve. Pencils in red and green can decorate wrapped gifts and ribbons. About 350 pencil kinds exist for holiday gifts and hobby use. Water soluble pencils start watercolor interest. drafting, carpenter, and weather resistant pencils appeal to various ages.
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New York
UPI
Dad
London Fog Snarls Traffic Amid Thick Yellow Haze
A National Geographic note describes London fogs as deadly and disruptive, citing 4 000 deaths in 1952 and later traffic snarls in 1962. It mentions smog controls reducing tolls, bank robbery amid masks, literary echoes from Dickens and Holmes, and global fog phenomena with seeding ideas for dispersion.
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London
Washington
Essex
United States
National Geographic Society
Charles Dickens
Sherlock Holmes
Aleutian Islands
Arctic
AMA Warns Lockjaw Still Kills Thousands
The AMA reports tetanus or lockjaw remains highly deadly with about 60 percent fatality. Full treatment is not possible, but immunization prevents most cases. Many adults lack boosters. spores in soil enter via scratches or bites, causing nerve spasm and rigid jaw as key symptoms.
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Chicago
UPI
American Medical Association
AMA
U.S
Coin Shortage Spurs Banks and Retailers Across Nation
New York UPI report details a severe U.S. coin shortage as banks retailers and the public face scarce nickels dimes quarters and half dollars. Treasury expansion efforts aim to boost minting toward 9 billion coins annually by mid next year while Congress considers reforms.
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New York
UPI
Treasury
American Mining Congress
Congress
U.S
Michigan
Ridgecrest
Calif
American Bankers Association
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